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</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Returns the inverse cosine of a given number.
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</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial; font-size:10pt; color:#000000">Returns the arctangent of a number.
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