Consider a<span> right triangle with </span><span>hypotenuse of 1.
sin x means to divide the side in front of the angle by </span>hypotenuse<span>
cos x means to divide the side beside the angle by hypotenuse
we know that a^2+b^2=c^2 now divide two sides by c^2

c is 1 also a/c means sinx and b/c is cos x so
sin^2(x)+cos^2(x)=1
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8 1-and-a-half blocks would be 12 blocks, and so 12/17, because 12 blocks in 17 mins., so you divide 12 by 17 to get ---- blocks per minute, which is 12/17 as a fraction, or approx. 0.705882353 blocks per minute.
Answer: The answer would be f^-1 (x) = x/2 - 3/2