The value of $\dfrac{\sin 50^\circ}{\sin 130^\circ}$ is ______.

The value of (sin 50^°)/(sin 130^°) is ___.

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Concept understanding — Trigonometric Functions in Quadrants

Trigonometric Functions in Quadrants

Imagine standing at the centre of a circle, facing east. If you turn by some angle, you end up pointing in a certain direction. That direction has both a horizontal component (east-west) and a vertical component (north-south). Trigonometric functions are just a way to describe those components — and whether they are positive or negative depends entirely on which quadrant you're facing.

The Four Quadrants

The coordinate plane is split into four quadrants, numbered anticlockwise starting from the top-right:

Quadrant I (0° to 90°): x > 0, y > 0
Quadrant II (90° to 180°): x < 0, y > 0
Quadrant III (180° to 270°): x < 0, y < 0
Quadrant IV (270° to 360°): x > 0, y < 0

Now, recall the definitions on the unit circle (radius = 1):

$\cos \theta$ = x-coordinate of the point on the circle
$\sin \theta$ = y-coordinate of that point
$\tan \theta = \frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}$

So the sign of $\cos \theta$ follows the sign of x, and the sign of $\sin \theta$ follows the sign of y. That's all there is to it.

The Sign Pattern

Quadrant	$\sin \theta$	$\cos \theta$	$\tan \theta$
I (0–90)	+	+	+
II (90–180)	+	–	–
III (180–270)	–	–	+
IV (270–360)	–	+	–

Tip

The mnemonic "All Students Take Coffee" helps you remember which functions are positive in each quadrant, starting from QI and going anticlockwise: All (all positive), Sine (sin positive), Tan (tan positive), Cos (cos positive).

Why This Matters

Suppose you're solving $\sin \theta = \frac{1}{2}$ . The calculator gives you $\theta = 30^\circ$ , but that's only one solution. Because sine is positive in both QI and QII, there's a second angle: $180^\circ - 30^\circ = 150^\circ$ . If you forget the quadrant rule, you lose half the answers.

Similarly, if $\cos \theta = -\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ , cosine is negative in QII and QIII. So the solutions are $150^\circ$ and $210^\circ$ (plus full rotations). …

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The core idea is to use the symmetry of the sine function, specifically the identity $\sin(180^\circ - \theta) = \sin \theta$ , to simplify the denominator. The value of the expression is $\boxed{1}$ .

To evaluate the given expression, we need to understand how trigonometric functions behave in different quadrants. The sine function, in particular, exhibits a useful symmetry that allows us to relate the sine of an angle in the second quadrant to the sine of an angle in the first quadrant.

Consider the unit circle, where an angle $\theta$ is measured counter-clockwise from the positive x-axis. The sine of $\theta$ , denoted $\sin \theta$ , is the y-coordinate of the point where the terminal side of the angle intersects the unit circle.

For an angle $\theta$ in the first quadrant ( $0^\circ < \theta < 90^\circ$ ), the y-coordinate is positive.
For an angle $180^\circ - \theta$ , which lies in the second quadrant ( $90^\circ < 180^\circ - \theta < 180^\circ$ ), the terminal side is a reflection of the terminal side of $\theta$ across the y-axis. This means that the y-coordinate for $180^\circ - \theta$ is exactly the same as the y-coordinate for $\theta$ .

\sin(180^\circ - \theta) = \sin \theta

Now, let's apply this concept to the problem.

Identify the angles:

We have two angles: $50^\circ$ and $130^\circ$ .

The angle $50^\circ$ is in the first quadrant ( $0^\circ < 50^\circ < 90^\circ$ ).

The angle $130^\circ$ is in the second quadrant ( $90^\circ < 130^\circ < 180^\circ$ ).
Transform the angle in the second quadrant: …

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$\sin \dfrac{31\pi}{3}$
(a) $\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
(b) $-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
(c) $\dfrac{1}{2}$
(d) $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Subtract multiples of $2\pi$ (period of sine) until the angle lies in $[0, 2\pi)$ ; $31\pi/3$ reduces to $\pi/3$ .

Since sine has period $2\pi = \dfrac{6\pi}{3}$ , subtract multiples of $\dfrac{6\pi}{3}$ from $\dfrac{31\pi}{3}$ : …

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$\tan x = \dfrac{3}{4}$
(a) $-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{10}}$
(b) $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{10}}$
(c) $\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{10}}$
(d) None of these
›Reveal solutionSolution

Find $\cos x$ from $\tan x$ (both sin, cos negative in Q3), then use the half-angle formula, choosing the sign from the quadrant of $x/2$ .

Given $\tan x = \dfrac{3}{4}$ with $\pi < x < \dfrac{3\pi}{2}$ ( $x$ in the third quadrant, where both $\sin x$ and $\cos x$ are negative). Using the 3-4-5 triangle: $\sin x = -\dfrac{3}{5}$ , $\cos x = -\dfrac{4}{5}$ .

Since $\pi < x < \dfrac{3\pi}{2}$ , dividing by 2: $\dfrac{\pi}{2} < \dfrac{x}{2} < \dfrac{3\pi}{4}$ — so $x/2$ lies in the second quadrant, where sine is positive.

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$\tan \frac{19\pi}{3}$
(a) $\sqrt{3}$
(b) $-\sqrt{3}$
(c) $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
(d) $-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
›Reveal solutionSolution

$\tan\frac{19\pi}{3} = \sqrt{3}$ , option (a).

Since $\tan\theta$ has period $\pi$ , we can subtract integer multiples of $\pi$ from the angle without changing its value.

$\frac{19\pi}{3} - 6\pi = \frac{19\pi}{3} - \frac{18\pi}{3} = \frac{\pi}{3}$ …

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$Q. If tan x = -5/12 and x lies in 2nd quadrant, then the value of sin x is:$
(a) 5/13
(b) 12/13
(c) -5/13
(d) -12/13
›Reveal solutionSolution

In the 2nd quadrant sine is positive; using the 5-12-13 right triangle from tan x = -5/12 gives sin x = 5/13.

Given $\tan x = -\dfrac{5}{12}$ with $x$ in the 2nd quadrant.

In the 2nd quadrant: $\sin x > 0$ , $\cos x < 0$ , and $\tan x = \dfrac{\sin x}{\cos x} < 0$ — consistent with the given negative value.

Treat $5$ and $12$ as the magnitudes of the opposite and adjacent sides; the hypotenuse is $\sqrt{5^2+12^2} = \sqrt{25+144} = \sqrt{169} = 13$ .

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$\sin x$
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is correct, but Reason (R) is incorrect.
(d) Assertion (A) is incorrect, but Reason (R) is correct.
›Reveal solutionSolution

Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false — $\sin x$ increases, not decreases, on $[0,\pi/2]$ — so (R) cannot even be a valid explanation of (A).

Checking Assertion (A): In the third quadrant ( $\pi < x < \tfrac{3\pi}{2}$ ) and fourth quadrant ( $\tfrac{3\pi}{2} < x < 2\pi$ ), the value of $\sin x$ is indeed negative (sine is positive only in the first and second quadrants). So (A) is TRUE.

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$\sin(-x)$
(a) $\dfrac{1-\tan^2 x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(b) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1-\tan^2 x}$
(c) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(d) $-\sin x$
(e) $\sin x$
(f) $-\cos x$
(g) $\cos x$
›Reveal solutionSolution

Sine is an odd function: $\sin(-x)=-\sin x$ for all $x$ .

This follows directly from the standard trigonometric identity for negative angles, provable from the unit-circle definition: reflecting the angle across the x-axis flips the sign of the y-coordi …

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$\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right)$
(a) $\dfrac{1-\tan^2 x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(b) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1-\tan^2 x}$
(c) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(d) $-\sin x$
(e) $\sin x$
(f) $-\cos x$
(g) $\cos x$
›Reveal solutionSolution

By the co-function identity, $\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-x\right)=\sin x$ .

This is a standard complementary-angle identity: the cosine of $90^\circ$ (i.e. $\tfrac{\pi}{2}$ ) minus an angle equals the sine of that angle, following from the right-trian …

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$\cos(\pi - x)$
(a) $\dfrac{1-\tan^2 x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(b) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1-\tan^2 x}$
(c) $\dfrac{2\tan x}{1+\tan^2 x}$
(d) $-\sin x$
(e) $\sin x$
(f) $-\cos x$
(g) $\cos x$
›Reveal solutionSolution

By the supplementary-angle identity, $\cos(\pi-x)=-\cos x$ .

This follows since $\pi-x$ lies in the second quadrant when $x$ is a first-quadrant angle, where cosine is negative, and the reference angle is $x$ itself, …

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$\sin\left(-\frac{11\pi}{3}\right)$
›Reveal solutionSolution

$-\tfrac{11\pi}{3}+4\pi=\tfrac{\pi}{3}$ , so the value is $\sin\tfrac{\pi}{3}=\tfrac{\sqrt3}{2}$ .

Using periodicity $\sin\theta=\sin(\theta+2\pi k)$ :

$-\frac{11\pi}{3}+4\pi=-\frac{11\pi}{3}+\frac{12\pi}{3}=\frac{\pi}{3}.$ …

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$\sin \dfrac{3\pi}{2} =$
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) 1/2
›Reveal solutionSolution

$\sin\dfrac{3\pi}{2} = -1$ .

$\dfrac{3\pi}{2}$ radians $= 270°$ . On the unit circle, $270°$ corresponds to the point $(0, -1)$ on the negative $y$ -axis, where $\sin\theta$ equal …

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$\sin(\pi + x) =$
(a) $\cos x$
(b) $-\cos x$
(c) $\sin x$
(d) $-\sin x$
›Reveal solutionSolution

$\sin(\pi + x) = -\sin x$ .

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$\cos \dfrac{5\pi}{2} =$
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) -1
(d) 1/2
›Reveal solutionSolution

$\cos\dfrac{5\pi}{2} = 0$ .

Since cosine has period $2\pi$ : $\dfrac{5\pi}{2} - 2\pi = \dfrac{5\pi}{2} - \dfrac{4\pi}{2} = \dfrac{\pi}{2}$ .

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