Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Cumulative Review Exercises - Page 709: 4

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Rewrite the equation as $2cos^2(x)-1+3=5cos(x)$; we have $2cos^2(x)-5cos(x)+2=0$ Step 2. Let $u=cos(x)$; we have $2u^2-5u+2=0$ or $(2u-1)(u-2)=0$ Step 3. For $cos(x)=u=2$, there is no solution. Step 4. For $cos(x)=u=\frac{1}{2}$, we have $x=\frac{\pi}{3}, \frac{5\pi}{3}$ over the interval of $[0,2\pi)$
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