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: 19

Answer

$x=\{0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}\}$

Work Step by Step

$cos(x)-cos(2x)=0$ $cos(x)-2cos^2(x)+1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $2cos^2(x)-cos(x)-1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $cos(x)=\frac{-(-1)\pm \sqrt{(-1)^2-(4.2.(-1))}}{2.2}=1,\frac{-1}{2}$ $cos(x)=1$ $x= cos^{-1}(1)$ $x=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $cos(\theta)=\frac{-1}{2}$ $x=cos^{-1}(\frac{-1}{2})$ We know $ cos(\theta) $ is negative in quadrant $II$ and quadrant $III$ $x=\pi - \frac{\pi}{3}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=\pi+\frac{\pi}{3}$ $x=\frac{2\pi}{3}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=\frac{4\pi}{3}$ $x=\{0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}\}$
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