Supposedly easy arcsine problem

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Homework Statement



find x if sin(x)=1/5

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x=arcsin(1/5)= ??something in closed form maybe??

The Attempt at a Solution



This actually isn't my homework. A student I am tutoring in differential calculus came to me with this problem and I am convinced it is a typo. Just for certainty, is there a closed form for this? I started messing around with complex numbers and series... so i thought it might be time to ask here.
Thanks!
 
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so i just want to confirm that it is not really a fair and square Cal 1 problem...
 
I doubt you are going to find a neater form for that. It's arcsin(1/5).
 
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