Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - More on Trigonometric Equations - 6.2 Problem Set - Page 332: 22

Answer

$x=\{\pi,\frac{\pi}{3},\frac{5\pi}{3}\}$

Work Step by Step

$2sin^2(x)-cos(x)-1=0$ $2-2cos^2(x)-cos(x)-1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $2cos^2(x)+cos(x)-1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $cos(x)=\frac{-(1)\pm \sqrt{(1)^2-(4.2.(-1))}}{2.2}=-1,\frac{1}{2}$ $cos(x)=-1$ $x= cos^{-1}(-1)$ $x=\pi\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $cos(x)=\frac{1}{2}$ $x=cos^{-1}(\frac{1}{2})$ We know $ cos(x) $ is positive in quadrant $I$ and quadrant $IV$ $x=\frac{\pi}{3}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=2\pi-\frac{\pi}{3}$ $x=\frac{\pi}{3}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=\frac{5\pi}{3}$ $x=\{\pi,\frac{\pi}{3},\frac{5\pi}{3}\}$
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