document.write( "Question 1011901: please help me solve this equation: solve exactly: sin(x) + 4csc(x) + 5=0 \r
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document.write( "I have done: sin(x) + 4/sin(x) +5=0
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document.write( " sin^2(x)/sin(x)+4/sin(x)+5+0
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document.write( " 4+sin^2(x)/sin(x)=-5
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document.write( " 4+sin^2(x)=-5sin(x)
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document.write( " sin^2(x)+5sin(x)+4=0
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document.write( " (sin(x)+1) (sin(x)+4) =0
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document.write( " sin(x)=-1, sin(x)=-4.\r
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document.write( "Please let me know if I have made a mistake somewhere, and/or where to go from here. I need to have an exact value, so I can't just plug in sin^-1(-1) and sin^-1(-4) into my calculator.
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document.write( "Thanks so much \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #627710 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! solve exactly: \n" ); document.write( "sin(x) + 4csc(x) + 5=0 \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru by sin(x) to get: \n" ); document.write( "sin^2(x) + 5sin(x) + 4 = 0 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Factor: \n" ); document.write( "(sin(x)+1)(sin(x)+4) = 0 \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "sin(x) = -1 or sin(x) = -4 (extraneous) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "sin(x) = -1 when x = 270 degrees. \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "----------- \n" ); document.write( " |