Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - Trigonometric Equations - Exercise Set - Page 704: 57

Answer

$\{ \frac{\pi}{4},\frac{5\pi}{4} \}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. The equation gives two solutions: $cot(x)=0$ and $tan(x)=1$ Step 2. For $cot(x)=0$, we can find all x-values in $[0,2\pi)$ as $x=\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{3\pi}{2}$ Step 3. For $tan(x)=1$, we can find all x-values in $[0,2\pi)$ as $x=\frac{\pi}{4},\frac{5\pi}{4}$ Step 4. We need to exclude $x=\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{3\pi}{2}$ since they $tan(x)$ becomes undefined at these values. Step 5. The solutions for the original equation in $[0,2\pi)$ are $\{ \frac{\pi}{4},\frac{5\pi}{4} \}$
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