Solving trigonometric equations: do I need to consider different cases in this example?
I'm trying to solve this set of trigonometric equations:
Where a,b,c and are some given (but random) real numbers (they could be and ). The goal is to solve for the real values of and . I'm trying to solve these equations by combining some variables. Let
then it's easy to solve for from equation . However, to solve for and , we also need to figure out . I'm worried that if I need to discuss the solutions by cases, like if (so that is undefined) or if or is equal to . Any suggestions on solving for this question? Is it possible to obtain a generalized solution? Thanks!!