SOLUTION: Show that there is a real number x such that sinx = x-1

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Question 909993: Show that there is a real number x such that sinx = x-1
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Plot the two functions on the same xy-plane. It should be pretty clear that they intersect at a point, hence a solution exists.