SOLUTION: 1. Solve for A[0<_A<_90°] TanA+Tan2A+Tan3A=0

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Question 1015621: 1. Solve for A[0<_A<_90°]
TanA+Tan2A+Tan3A=0

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tan A + tan2A + tan3A = 0
%28tanA+%2B+tan2A%29+%2B+%28tanA+%2B+tan2A%29%2F%281-tanA%2Atan2A%29+=+0
==> %28tanA+%2B+tan2A%29%2A%281+%2B+1%2F%281-tanA%2Atan2A%29%29+=+0

==>%28tanA+%2B+tan2A%29%2A%28%282+-+tanA%2Atan2A%29%2F%281-tanA%2Atan2A%29%29+=+0
==> tanA + tan2a = 0 OR %282+-+tanA%2Atan2A%29%2F%281-tanA%2Atan2A%29+=+0
The first case is equivalent to %28sinA%2Acos2A+%2B+sin2A%2AcosA%29%2F%28cosA%2Acos2A%29+=+0, or equivalently, %28sin3A%29%2F%28cosA%2Acos2A%29+=+0.
This happens only when 3A = 0, or A = 0 degree. (Notice A = 0 does not make the denominator 0, so A = 0 is a valid solution. It can be checked also by using the original equation that A = 0 is indeed a solution.)
The 2nd case %282+-+tanA%2Atan2A%29%2F%281-tanA%2Atan2A%29+=+0 implies that
2 - tanA*tan2A = 0. (Notice that this effectively means that the denominator 1 - tanA*tan2A is not equal to 0.)
==> tanA*tan2A = 2
==> tanA%2A%28%282tanA%29%2F%281-%28tanA%29%5E2%29%29+=+2 <==>%282%28tanA%29%5E2%29%2F%281-%28tanA%29%5E2%29+=+2.
Now the only value of A that will make the denominator of the last equation 0 is 45 degrees, in which tanA = 1. Thus we exclude A = 45 degrees from the solution and
let 2%28tanA%29%5E2+=+2-2%28tanA%29%5E2, or
4%28tanA%29%5E2+=+2, or %28tanA%29%5E2+=+1%2F2.
==> tanA+=+1%2Fsqrt%282%29 or tanA+=+-1%2Fsqrt%282%29.
The second instance is unacceptable, since it would situate A outside 0<_A<_90°.
Thus we have
A+=+tan%5E-1%281%2Fsqrt%282%29%29.
Therefore the solution set for the original equation is {0, tan%5E-1%281%2Fsqrt%282%29%29 }