document.write( "Question 1009490: Use a Double- or Half-Angle Formula to solve the equation in the interval [0, 2π). (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)\r
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document.write( "The half-argument formula says that \"tan%28theta%2F2%29\" = \"sin%28theta%29%2F%281%2Bcos%28theta%29%29\". \r\n" );
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document.write( "(See, for example, the lesson Trigonometric functions of half argument in this site).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute it into the original equation, and you will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28theta%29%2F%281%2Bcos%28theta%29%29\" - \"sin%28theta%29\" = \"0\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now factor it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%28theta%29\".\"%281%2F%281%2Bcos%28theta%29%29-1%29\" = \"0\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus you get two equations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1) \"sin%28theta%29\" = \"0\",  which has two solutions  \"theta\" = \"0\" and \"pi\" in the given interval for \"theta\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "2) \"1%2F%281%2Bcos%28theta%29%29-1\" = \"0\",  or  \"cos%28theta%29\" = 0,  which has two solutions  \"theta\" = \"pi%2F2\" and \"3pi%2F2\" in the given interval for \"theta\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. The solutions are \"theta\" = \"0\", \"pi%2F2\", \"pi\" and \"3pi%2F2\".\r\n" );
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