document.write( "Question 615276: I need to find solutions in the interval (0,2pi)cos^2x=1-sinx \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #387088 by jsmallt9(3758)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "First use \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Next we solve for sin(x). This equation is quadratic in terms of sin(x) so we want one side to be zero. Subtracting 1 and adding \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Factor. The GCF is sin(x): \n" ); document.write( "0 = sin(x)(sin(x) - 1) \n" ); document.write( "Use the Zero Product Property: \n" ); document.write( "sin(x) = 0 or sin(x) - 1 = 0 \n" ); document.write( "Solving the second equation we get: \n" ); document.write( "sin(x) = 0 or sin(x) = 1 \n" ); document.write( "Now that we have solved for sin(x), we can solve for x. Sin values of 0 and 1 are special angle values. So we do not need a calculator. From the special angles we know that... \n" ); document.write( "For sin(x) = 0: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "or \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "For sin(x) = 1: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "From these three equations we can find all the x's that are in the specified interval. \n" ); document.write( "From \n" ); document.write( "We get no solutions. (Did you post the interval correctly? I ask because often there is a bracket, not a parenthesis, on one or maybe both ends of the interval. A bracket at one of end of an interval means \"including the number at that end\". A parenthesis means \"not including....\" Since you posted parentheses at both ends, 0 and \n" ); document.write( "From \n" ); document.write( "we get \n" ); document.write( "From \n" ); document.write( "we get \n" ); document.write( " |