Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - Test - Page 741: 27

Answer

$x=4k\pi+\frac{2\pi}{3}$ and $x=4k\pi+\frac{4\pi}{3}$; or $x=720^\circ k+120^\circ$ and $x=720^\circ k+240^\circ$ where $k$ is an integer.

Work Step by Step

1. Given $2\sqrt 3 sin\frac{x}{2}=3$, we have $sin\frac{x}{2}=\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}$ 2. The period is $4\pi$ and the fundamental solutions (reference angles) with $\frac{x}{2}\in[0,2\pi)$ are $\frac{x}{2}=\frac{\pi}{3},\frac{2\pi}{3}\longrightarrow x=\frac{2\pi}{3},\pi+\frac{4\pi}{3}$, thus the general solutions are $x=4k\pi+\frac{2\pi}{3}$ and $x=4k\pi+\frac{4\pi}{3}$ where $k$ is an integer. 3. We can also write the solutions as $x=720^\circ k+120^\circ$ and $x=720^\circ k+240^\circ$ where $k$ is an integer.
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