Sin taking negative values

wat im trying to do is a simple thing… rotate 2 lines:ss and ss2 but using refraction index and a slider with minimum set to 0 and maximum to 90…the problem is that the sine value of the some angles between 0 and 90 are being negative
anyone can help me on this?

ss.rotation= +slyda.value;
var v:Number=Math.sin(slyda.value);
trace(“v=”+v);
var z:Number=v/1.33;
ss2.rotation=+Math.asin(z);