Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Solve the trigonometric equation sin 6x=-cos (3x), using double angle identity.

We'll use the double angle identity to re-write the
term sin 6x:


sin 6x = sin 2*(3x) = 2 sin 3x*cos
3x


We'll re-write the equation, moving all terms to one
side:


2 sin 3x*cos 3x + cos 3x =
0


We'll factorize by cos
3x:


cos 3x(2 sin 3x + 1) =
0


We'll set each factor as
zero:


cos 3x = 0


3x =
+/-arccos 0 + 2kpi


3x = +/-(pi/2) +
2kpi


We'll divide by 3:


x =
+/-(pi/6) + 2kpi/3


We'll set the next factor as
0:


2 sin 3x + 1 = 0


sin 3x =
-1/2


3x = (-1)^k*arcsin(-1/2) +
kpi


x = (-1)^(k+1)*(pi/18) +
kpi/3


The solutions of trigonometric equation
are: {+/-(pi/6) + 2kpi/3 ; k integer}U{(-1)^(k+1)*(pi/18) + kpi/3 ; k
integer}.

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