Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321947347
ISBN 13: 978-0-32194-734-5

Chapter 1 - Functions - 1.4 Trigonometric Functions and Their Inverse - 1.4 Exercises - Page 48: 43

Answer

$\boxed{x = \frac{\pi}{12}, \frac{5\pi}{12}, \frac{9\pi}{12}, \frac{13\pi}{12}, \frac{17\pi}{12}, \frac{21\pi}{12}}$

Work Step by Step

$cos(3x) = sin(3x)$ Let $n =3x$, since $x$ ranges from $0$ to $2\pi$, $n$ ranges from $0$ to $6\pi$. We have $cos(n) = sin(n)$. The only values at which $sin$ and $cos$ are equal are multiples of $\frac{\pi}{4}$. The solutions for $n$ are (which are apparent from looking at a unit circle): $\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5\pi}{4}, \frac{9\pi}{4}, \frac{13\pi}{4}, \frac{17\pi}{4}, \frac{21\pi}{4}$. Since we want values of $x$, not $n$, we divide each solution by $3$ because $n=3x$: $x = \frac{\pi}{12}, \frac{5\pi}{12}, \frac{9\pi}{12}, \frac{13\pi}{12}, \frac{17\pi}{12}, \frac{21\pi}{12}$.
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