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: 26

Answer

$x=\{\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}\}$

Work Step by Step

$2cos(x)+tan(x)-sec(x)=0$ $2cos(x)+\frac{sin(x)}{cos(x)}-\frac{1}{cos(x)}=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ multiply each side by $cos(x)$ $2cos^2(x)+sin(x)-1=0\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $2-2sin^2(x)+sin(x)-1=0$ $2sin^2(x)-sin(x)-1=0$ $sin(x)=\frac{-(-1)\pm \sqrt{(-1)^2-(4.2.(-1))}}{2.2}=1,\frac{-1}{2}$ $sin(x)=1$ $x= sin^{-1}(1)$ $x=\frac{\pi}{2}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ Reduce $sin(x)=\frac{-1}{2}$ $x=sin^{-1}(\frac{-1}{2})$ We know $ sin(x) $ is negative in quadrant $III$ and quadrant $IV$ $x=\pi +\frac{\pi}{6}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=2\pi-\frac{\pi}{6}$ $x=\frac{7\pi}{6}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;or\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;x=\frac{11\pi}{6}$ $x=\{\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}\}$
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