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: 17

Answer

$\theta=\{\frac{3\pi}{2},\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}\}$

Work Step by Step

$cos(2\theta)-3sin(\theta)-2=0$ $1-2sin^2(\theta)-3sin(\theta)-2=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $2sin^2(\theta)+3sin(\theta)+1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $sin(\theta)=\frac{-(3)\pm \sqrt{(3)^2-(4.2.(1))}}{2.2}=-1,\frac{-1}{2}$ $sin(\theta)=-1$ $\theta= sin^{-1}(-1)$ $\theta=\frac{3\pi}{2}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $sin(\theta)=\frac{-1}{2}$ $\theta=sin^{-1}(\frac{1}{2})$ We know $ sin(\theta) $ is negative in quadrant $III$ and quadrant $IV$ $\theta=\pi - \frac{\pi}{6}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\theta=2\pi-\frac{\pi}{6}=300^o$ $\theta=\frac{7\pi}{6}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\theta=\frac{11\pi}{6}$ $\theta=\{\frac{3\pi}{2},\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}\}$
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