Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - More on Trigonometric Equations - 6.2 Problem Set - Page 332: 12

Answer

$\theta=\{120^o,240^o\}$

Work Step by Step

$csc(\theta)+2cot(\theta)=0$ $\frac{1}{sin(\theta)}+2\frac{cos(\theta)}{sin(\theta)}=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ multiply each side by $sin(\theta)$. $1+2cos(\theta)=0$ $2cos(\Theta )=-1\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ subtract $ 1 $ from each side. $cos(\Theta )=\frac{-1}{2} \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ divide each side by $ 2 $ $cos(\Theta )=\frac{-1}{2}$ $\theta= cos^{-1}(\frac{-1}{2})$ We know $ cos(\theta) $ is negative in quadrant $II$ and quadrant $III$ $\theta=180^o-60^o=120^o\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\theta=180^o+60^o=240^o$ $\theta=120^o\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\theta=240^o$ $\theta=\{120^o,240^o\}$
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