SOLUTION: solve for theta if tan theta = 2 sin theta on 0 degrees < or = theta < or = 360 degrees.

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Question 255032: solve for theta if tan theta = 2 sin theta on 0 degrees < or = theta < or = 360 degrees.
Answer by Greenfinch(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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tan theta = 2 sin theta gives
sin theta/cos theta = 2 sin theta
divide by sin theta gives
1/cos theta = 2 so multiplying by cos theta
1 = 2 cos theta or
1/2 = cos theta
cos theta = 1/1
theta is 60 degrees or 300 degrees