document.write( "Question 963709: Please help! Do not understand!!
\n" ); document.write( "Find the solutions of the given equation in the indicated interval. (Give your answers to two decimal places. Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
\n" ); document.write( "20 (cos(x))^2 + cos(x) − 1 = 0, [0, π]
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Find the solutions of the given equation in the indicated interval. (Give your answers to two decimal places. Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)
\n" ); document.write( "20 (cos(x))^2 + cos(x) − 1 = 0, [0, π]
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\n" ); document.write( "\"20cos%5E2%28x%29%2Bcosx-1=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "solve for cosx by quadratic formula
\n" ); document.write( "\"cosx+=+%28-b+%2B-+sqrt%28+b%5E2-4%2Aa%2Ac+%29%29%2F%282%2Aa%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "a=20, b=1, c=-1
\n" ); document.write( "ans:
\n" ); document.write( "cosx=-0.25
\n" ); document.write( "x=1.82 radians
\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( "cosx=0.2
\n" ); document.write( "x=1.37 radians
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