SOLUTION: Find all solutions in the interval [0, 2π). sec^2 x - 2 = tan^2 x

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Question 1142428: Find all solutions in the interval [0, 2π).
sec^2 x - 2 = tan^2 x

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Now we see that we are looking for or just on [ , )
at and only

But implies the original equation is undefined (look at the 2nd line from the top), thus there is .
Graphing we can see this, the zero crossings for cos(x) line up with undefined values for the other two functions:

, ,


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Find all solutions in the interval [0, 2π).
sec^2 x - 2 = tan^2 x

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