Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - The Ambiguous Case - 7.3 Problem Set - Page 391: 42

Answer

$ \dfrac{\pi}{6} + 2 \pi k, \, \dfrac{5\pi}{6} + 2 \pi k,\, 2 \pi k - \dfrac{\pi}{2}$

Work Step by Step

$2-2 \sin^2{x} - \sin{x} = 1$ $2 \sin^2{x} + \sin{x} - 1 = 0$ Using the quadratic formula: $\sin{x} = \dfrac{-1 \pm \sqrt{1-4(2)(-1)}}{2(2)} = \dfrac{-1 \pm 3}{4}$ $\sin{x} = \dfrac{1}{2} \hspace{30pt} \sin{x} = -1 $ $x = \dfrac{\pi}{6} + 2 \pi k, \, \dfrac{5\pi}{6} + 2 \pi k,\, 2 \pi k - \dfrac{\pi}{2}$
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