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Trigonometry
Answered question
kituoti126
2022-11-18
Re-express the following as a rational number, that is a number of the form n/m, where m and n are integers:
9
sinh
(
ln
12
)
Trigonometry
Answered question
Kayden Mills
2022-11-18
Find the exact value of the expression.
tan
π
6
−
cos
π
6
Trigonometry
Answered question
drogaid1d8
2022-11-18
Find all solutions of the following equation
2
3
+
tan
θ
=
3
Trigonometry
Answered question
Kayden Mills
2022-11-18
Solve the trigonometric equation
Solve the equation
cos
x
−
2
cos
2
x
+
3
cos
3
x
−
4
cos
4
x
=
1
2
.
I tried, put
t
=
cos
x
Trigonometry
Answered question
klasyvea
2022-11-18
I'm stuck at a relatively simple equation where I was simplifying like this:
cos
2
(
x
)
+
2
sin
(
x
)
cos
(
x
)
−
sin
2
(
x
)
=
1
⟺
sin
(
2
x
)
+
cos
(
2
x
)
=
1
How to I continue?
Trigonometry
Answered question
Anton Huynh
2022-11-17
Solve:
3
sin
x
−
cos
x
=
2
,
−
2
π
<
x
<
2
π
My attempt:
3
sin
x
−
cos
x
=
2
3
2
sin
x
−
1
2
cos
x
=
1
sin
(
π
3
)
.
sin
x
−
cos
(
π
3
)
cos
x
=
1
cos
(
π
3
)
cos
x
−
sin
(
π
3
)
.
sin
x
=
−
1
cos
(
x
+
π
3
)
=
cos
π
x
+
π
3
=
2
n
π
±
π
,
where
n
belongs to
Z
x
=
2
n
π
±
π
−
π
3
Now, if n=0,
x
=
2
π
3
,
−
4
π
3
If n=1,
x
=
8
π
3
,
2
π
3
If n=-1,
x
=
−
4
π
3
,
−
10
π
3
So, in the given interval,
x
=
2
π
3
,
−
4
π
3
Question:
When n=0, and when n=1, I get
2
π
3
. Similarly, when n=0, and when n=−1, I get
−
4
π
3
. Why am I getting the same angle twice for different values of n?
Trigonometry
Answered question
Alexia Avila
2022-11-17
Difference equation with trigonometric term
Trying to find the general solution to this homogeneous difference equation:
y
k
−
2
cos
θ
y
k
−
1
+
y
k
−
2
=
0.
The characteristic equation is
λ
2
−
2
cos
θ
λ
+
1
=
0.
Not sure how to factor this, but tried
(
λ
−
cos
θ
)
(
λ
−
cos
θ
)
=
0
but I am stuck as to how to get
cos
2
θ
=
1
using trigonometric identities.
By using the quadratic formula I get a discriminant of
4
(
cos
2
θ
−
1
)
and I am stuck on how to simplify this to get the general solution.
Any help is appreciated. This is not for homework, but self study.
Trigonometry
Answered question
Anton Huynh
2022-11-17
Solve for x:
2
sin
2
(
x
)
−
sin
2
(
2
x
)
=
cos
2
(
2
x
)
Trigonometry
Answered question
Aryanna Fisher
2022-11-16
Simplifying a trigonometric equation for chart radius
I am making a neat new charting application, yet I am stumped by this equation:
M
=
R
cos
(
θ
2
)
+
(
tan
(
θ
2
)
⋅
R
)
I need to solve for
R
, but for some reason I am throwing a blank. Any help?
Thanks!
Trigonometry
Answered question
Demarion Ortega
2022-11-16
Help with trigonometric equation
tan
(
x
)
+
cot
(
2
x
)
=
1
It is clear that the equation has a solution
x
=
π
/
4
but I can't show that this is the only solution. Any ideas?
P.S. I am trying to solve the equation without using formulas for
2
a
angle
Trigonometry
Answered question
Cortez Clarke
2022-11-16
Evaluating
∫
(
tan
3
x
+
tan
4
x
)
d
x
using substitution
t
=
tan
x
Trigonometry
Answered question
Noe Cowan
2022-11-16
How to use parametric equation/trigonometric identity to show an ellipse?
I have the equation
16
x
2
+
25
y
2
=
400
, and the parametric equation
(
x
,
y
)
=
(
5
cos
t
,
4
sin
t
)
If I plug in the parametric equation into the first equation, I end up with the trigonometric identity
cos
2
t
+
sin
2
t
=
1
. How does this identity show that my non-parametric equation, when graphed, will result in an ellipse?
Trigonometry
Answered question
spasiocuo43
2022-11-16
Solve the equation
cot
2
θ
=
3
2
csc
θ
Trigonometry
Answered question
Jaiden Elliott
2022-11-15
Finding all constant solutions for the differential equation y'=sin(y)
For my homework of finding ALL the constant solutions of given differential equations, a trigonometric function popped up
d
y
d
x
=
s
i
n
(
y
)
Unfortunately i'm new to differential equations and I could only prove it true for y=0 but when I plotted it on Desmos I could see that it was true for every multiple of pi. I was wondering how I could prove that, and how to deal with finding constant solutions for differential equations with trigonometric fucntions in general.
Trigonometry
Answered question
Demarion Ortega
2022-11-15
Trigonometry: Solve equation for
α
I have the following trigonometric equation:
2
sin
(
α
−
45
)
sin
(
2
α
)
=
sin
(
α
+
45
)
sin
(
α
)
Is it possible to find
α
?
Please also include each step in your solution.
EDIT: Sorry if I haven't mentioned- yes, it is a solution I reached to as a part of an assignment I was given (school). All I wish to know if I can pull
α
from what I found.
Thanks in advance.
Trigonometry
Answered question
Widersinnby7
2022-11-15
Find all
n
∈
Z
such that
k
=
1
+
4
n
5
,
(
k
∈
Z
)
My question is rather general but I got stuck in that issue after trying to solve a trigonometric equation.
After simplifying I got this:
sin
(
5
x
4
)
+
cos
x
=
2
which is true if and only if
{
sin
(
5
x
4
)
=
1
cos
x
=
1
Hence
cos
x
=
1
⟹
x
=
2
π
k
,
(
k
∈
Z
)
and
sin
(
5
x
4
)
=
1
⟹
5
x
4
=
π
2
+
2
π
n
=
2
π
5
+
8
π
n
5
,
(
n
∈
Z
)
Thus the solutions are
2
π
k
=
2
π
5
+
8
π
n
5
k
=
1
+
4
n
5
,
(
k
∈
Z
)
Here I'm stuck. Clearly the constraint of
k
∈
Z
is not true for all n's. n has to be made up of some number m that makes the numerator divisible by 5. The answer that I'm given says that
n
=
5
m
+
1
, which makes sense but I don't know how to get there. And what if, just to say,
k
=
8
+
13
n
7
?
Thanks!!
Trigonometry
Answered question
akuzativo617
2022-11-15
Solving simultaneous trigonometric equations
Question: Solve the following equations for
x
and
y
sin
(
y
)
=
sin
(
x
−
y
)
cos
(
x
)
=
sin
(
x
−
y
)
where
x
,
y
∈
[
0
,
π
2
]
My attempt:
The beginning of the solution seems to have something to do with
(
i
)
y
=
π
2
+
x
∨
(
i
i
)
y
=
π
2
−
x
However I cannot understand how this conclusion was made.
Trigonometry
Answered question
Messiah Sutton
2022-11-15
Find the exact solution of the equation.
3
cos
−
1
(
4
x
)
=
2
π
Trigonometry
Answered question
Rihanna Bentley
2022-11-14
How do you solve the trigonometric equation
sin
(
x
)
+
x
=
9
?
How do you solve the trigonometric equation
sin
(
x
)
+
x
=
9
? More generally, how do you solve equations with both trigs and 'x's without graphing? And maybe I only want real number answers.
Suggestions and edit: If you use the Taylor Series, you will basically end up with at least
6
t
h
degree equations, if you want to make it close. Equation Solvers Are NOT Allowed. That will kind of limit you to this:(assuming you make careless mistakes, just like me, so you don't want cubic equations)
x
+
x
=
9.
This yields
x
=
4.5
, which is DEFINITELY a bad estimation.
Thanks for helping me! It's just that I don't know what Newton-Ralphson and iterations are. Can you explain it to me or give me a link?
Trigonometry
Answered question
Jonas Huff
2022-11-14
How to solve the trigonometric equation
sin
x
+
cos
x
=
sin
2
x
+
cos
2
x
?
My attempt:
sin
x
+
cos
x
=
sin
2
x
+
cos
2
x
⟹
sin
x
+
cos
x
=
2
sin
x
cos
x
+
cos
2
x
−
sin
2
x
⟹
sin
x
+
cos
x
=
2
sin
x
cos
x
+
cos
2
x
−
(
1
−
cos
2
x
)
⟹
sin
x
+
cos
x
=
2
sin
x
cos
x
+
2
cos
2
x
−
1
⟹
sin
x
−
2
sin
x
cos
x
+
cos
x
−
2
cos
2
x
=
−
1
⟹
sin
x
(
1
−
2
cos
x
)
+
cos
x
(
1
−
2
cos
x
)
=
−
1
⟹
(
1
−
2
cos
x
)
(
sin
x
+
cos
x
)
=
−
1
⟹
(
1
−
2
cos
x
)
=
−
1
or
(
sin
x
+
cos
x
)
=
−
1
⟹
x
=
2
n
π
or
sin
2
x
=
0
⟹
x
=
2
n
π
or
2
x
=
n
π
∴
x
=
2
n
π
or
x
=
n
π
2
But the answers given in my book are
x
=
2
n
π
and
x
=
(
4
n
+
1
)
π
6
. Where have I gone wrong? Please help.
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