document.write( "Question 381159: What are the possible values of x domain: [0,2pi). \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4sin^3(x) + 2sin^2(x) = 2sin(x) + 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "set equal to zero:
\n" ); document.write( "4sin^3(x) + 2sin^2(x) + 2sin(x) + 1 = 0
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Algebra.Com's Answer #270515 by richard1234(7193)\"\" \"About 
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First of all when you set everything equal to zero you should obtain\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4+sin%5E3+%28x%29+%2B+2+sin%5E2+%28x%29+-+2+sin+x+-+1+=+0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let a = sin x. The equation then becomes\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4a%5E3+%2B+2a%5E2+-+2a+-+1+=+0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is equivalent to \"4a%5E3+-+2a+%2B+2a%5E2+-+1+=+0\". We can factor \"2a%5E2+-1\" to obtain\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282a%5E2+-+1%29%282a+%2B+1%29+=+0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solving, we obtain a = -1/2, sqrt(2)/2, and -sqrt(2)/2. All of these values are between -1 and 1, so we can find sin^-1 of each of these angles to find all values for x:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sin%5E%28-1%29+%28-1%2F2%29+=+%287pi%2F6%29\" or \"%2811pi%2F6%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sin%5E%28-1%29+%28sqrt%282%29%2F2%29+=+pi%2F4\" or \"3pi%2F4\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sin%5E%28-1%29+%28-sqrt%282%29%2F2%29+=+5pi%2F4\" or \"7pi%2F4\"
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