SOLUTION: What are the possible answers? sin(x) - sin(3x) = 0

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Question 44341: What are the possible answers?
sin(x) - sin(3x) = 0

Found 2 solutions by Nate, fractalier:
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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sin(x) - sin(3x) = 0
sin(x) = sin(3x)
k are integers:
x+=+3x+%2B+2%28pi%29k
-2x+=+2%28pi%29k
x+=+-%28pi%29k
and
x+=+%28pi%29+-+3x+%2B+2%28pi%29k
4x+=+%28pi%29+%2B+2%28pi%29k
x+=+%28pi%29%2F4+%2B+%28pi%29k%2F2
+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-3%283.141592654%29%2C+3%283.141592654%29%2C+-2%2C+2%2C+sin%28x%29%2C+sin%283x%29+%29+
Answer: x+=+-%28pi%29k and x+=+%28pi%29%2F4+%2B+%28pi%29k%2F2

Answer by fractalier(2101) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This will take a while...please follow along...from
sin x - sin 3x = 0 we get
sin x - sin (x + 2x) = 0
sin x - (sin x cos 2x - sin 2x cos x) = 0
sin x - (sin x * (cos^2 x - sin^2 x) - 2 sin x cos * cos x) = 0
sin x - (sin x * (cos^2 x - sin^2 x) - 2 sin x cos^2 x) = 0
how factor out sin x
sin x(1 - cos^2 x + sin^2 + 2 cos^2 x) = 0
sin x(1 + cos^2 x + sin^2) = 0
2 sin x = 0
sin x = 0
x = 0, pi