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If x is in the fourth quadrant and \(\cos x=\frac{15}{17}\), what is the value of \(\sin x\)?

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Correct answer: \(-\frac{8}{17}\)

Use the fundamental identity \(\sin^2x+\cos^2x=1\). Substituting \(\cos x=15/17\), we obtain \(\sin^2x=1-(15/17)^2=1-225/289=64/289\). Therefore, \(|\sin x|=8/17\). The quadrant determines the sign: in the fourth quadrant, cosine is positive but sine is negative. Hence \(\sin x=-8/17\), so option C is correct. Option A has the right magnitude but the wrong sign; options B and D confuse the sine value with the given cosine value or use an incorrect magnitude. The answer follows from both the identity and the quadrant sign rule.

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Trigonometric IdentityQuadrantsSine SignSigns Of Trigonometric Functions In Different QuadrantsTrigonometric FunctionsMathematicsClass 12 Mcq

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