Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - Trigonometric Equations - Exercise Set - Page 706: 159

Answer

The statement is false. The correct statement is: the equations $\sin 2x=1$ and $\sin 2x=\frac{1}{2}$ do not have the same number of solutions on the interval $[0,2\pi )$.

Work Step by Step

Solution of $\sin 2x=1$ will be $\frac{\pi }{4}$ and $\frac{5\pi }{4}$ So, the number of solutions will be $2$. Solutions of $\sin 2x=\frac{1}{2}$ will be $\frac{\pi }{12}$ , $\frac{5\pi }{12}$ , $\frac{13\pi }{12}$ , $\frac{17\pi }{12}$ Therefore, the number of solutions will be $4$. So, the number of solutions on the interval $[0,2\pi )$ are not the same.
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