Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - Trigonometric Equations - Exercise Set - Page 704: 63

Answer

$\{ \frac{\pi}{2},\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6} \}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Use the identity $cos^2x=1-sin^2x$, we have $2-2sin^2x+sin(x)-1$ or $2sin^2(x)-sin(x)-1=0$, which gives two solutions $sin(x)=1$ and $sin(x)=-\frac{1}{2}$ Step 2. For $sin(x)=1$, we can find all x-values in $[0,2\pi)$ as $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$ Step 3. For $sin(x)=-\frac{1}{2}$, we can find all x-values in $[0,2\pi)$ as $x=\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}$ Step 4. The solutions for the original equation in $[0,2\pi)$ are $\{ \frac{\pi}{2},\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6} \}$
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