Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - More Trigonometric Equations - 7.5 Exercises - Page 575: 51

Answer

$ \frac{\pi}{6}, \frac{3\pi}{2}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Use the Half-Angle Formula $sin\frac{\theta}{2}=\sqrt {\frac{1-cos\theta}{2}}$ and take the square of both sides of the equation, we otbain $cos^2\theta-2sin\theta cos\theta+sin^2\theta=1-cos\theta$ Step 2. Use the Pythagorean Identity $cos^2\theta+sin^2\theta=1$, the above equation becomes $1-2sin\theta cos\theta=1-cos\theta$ which gives $cos\theta(1-2sin\theta)=0$ Step 3. The solutions for the above equation are $cos\theta=0$ or $sin\theta=\frac{1}{2}$ Step 4. By limiting $\theta\in [0,2\pi)$, we get the possible answers as $\theta=\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{3\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{6}, \frac{5\pi}{5}$, plug them in the original equation and check signs, we can find only two final solutions $\theta=\frac{3\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{6}$
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