Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Solving Trigonometric Equations - 6.1 Problem Set - Page 326: 29

Answer

(a)$ x= n\pi, \ \text{or}\ \ x=\frac{2\pi}{3} +2n\pi,\ \text{or}\ \frac{4\pi}{3}+2n\pi $ (b) $ \bigg\{0,\frac{2\pi}{3} ,\pi, \ \frac{4\pi}{3} \bigg\} $

Work Step by Step

(a) Given $$ \sin x+ 2\sin x\cos x =0 $$ Since \begin{align*} \sin x+ 2\sin x\cos x &=0\\ \sin x(1+ 2\cos x)& =0 \end{align*} Then $$\sin x=0,\ \ \text{or} \ \ 1+ 2\cos x=0$$ Case 1 , $$\sin x=0,\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ x=0,\pi ,2\pi,..= n\pi $$ Case 1 , $$\cos =\frac{-1}{2},\ \ \Rightarrow \ \ x=\frac{2\pi}{3} +2n\pi,\ \ \text{or} \frac{4\pi}{3} +2n\pi$$ Hence the general solutions is $$ x= n\pi, \ \text{or}\ \ x=\frac{2\pi}{3} +2n\pi,\ \text{or} \frac{4\pi}{3} +2n\pi$$ (b) To find solutions on the interval $ 0\leq x<2\pi $, put values of $n $ $$ \bigg\{0,\frac{2\pi}{3} ,\pi , \frac{4\pi}{3} \bigg\} $$
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