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Exercise: Domain and Range · Q14

Q.State the domain and range of cos⁡−1x\cos^{-1}x.

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cos⁡x\cos x never exceeds 11 in absolute value, so cos⁡−1x\cos^{-1}x is defined only for x∈[−1,1]x\in[-1,1] -- this is its domain. Its range is the principal value branch chosen for cosine, [0,π][0,\pi] (Section 2), since cos⁡x\cos x restricted to [0,π][0,\pi] is exactly the bijection whose inverse is cos⁡−1x\cos^{-1}x.

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Domain [−1,1][-1,1], range [0,π][0,\pi]

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