SOLUTION: What is {{{x}}} in the equation {{{sin(pi/3)=cos(pi/2 -x)}}}?

Question 1120265: What is in the equation ?
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

(1) If x is positive and less than pi/2, then x and (pi/2-x) are complementary acute angles; the sine of one is equal to the cosine of the other.

Specifically, cos(pi/2-x) = sin(x); the equation then says sin(pi/3) = sin(x); that makes the answer x = pi/3.

(2) Using the formula for the cosine of the difference of two angles gives the same result:

cos(pi/2-x) = cos(pi/2)*cos(x)+sin(pi/2)*sin(x) = 0+sin(x) = sin(x)

And again the equation says sin(pi/3) = sin(x), so the answer is = pi/3.

(3) However, x=pi/3 is only what might be called the "principal" answer; there are infinitely many more.

sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = cos(pi/6) --> pi/2-x = pi/6 --> x = pi/3
sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = cos(11pi/6) --> pi/2-x = 11pi/6 --> x = -4pi/3
sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = cos(13pi/6) --> pi/2-x = 13pi/6 --> x = -5pi/3
sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = cos(-pi/6) --> pi/2-x = -pi/6 --> x = 2pi/3
sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = cos(-11pi/6) --> pi/2-x = pi/6 --> x = 7pi/3
sin(pi/3) = sqrt(3)/2) = ..... etc., etc., ....

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