arcsin(x) means "The angle whose sine is x between and arccos(x) means "The angle whose cosine is x" between and "CoSine" means "Complement's Sine We must consider two cases. Case 1: when x is positive Then the arcsin(x) and arcos(x) are both in QI So x will be 90°-the angle whose sine is x. But since we are using radians instead of degrees, it is: - the angle whose sine is x. So and therefore becomes Multiply through by LCD of 2 to clear the fraction: Therefore the Case 1 solution is x=1 since Case 2: when x is negative Then the arcsin(x) is a negative angle in QIV And so 2arcsin(x) is an even more negative angle than arcsin(x) arccos(x) is a positive angle in QII less than So 2arcsin(x)+cos(x) is the sum of a positive angle less than pi, and a negative angle. The sum of a positive angle less than added to a negative angle can never equal to , so there is no solution to case 2. Thus the only solution is x=1. Edwin