Saturday, January 9, 2016

Determine all solutions of the equation sin14x=sin(-7x).

First, we'll recall the fact that the sine function is
odd, such as:


sin(-x) = -sin
x


We'll re-write the equation, with respect to all the
above:


sin 14x = - sin
7x


We'll add sin 7x both
sides:


sin 14 x + sin 7x =
0


We can use two methods to solve this problem. One of them
is to transform the sum of matching functions into a product. The aother method is to
re-write the first term, using the double angle identity,
into:


sin 14x = sin 2*(7x) = 2 sin 7x*cos
7x


We'll re-write the
equation:


2 sin 7x*cos 7x + sin 7x =
0


We'll factorize by sin
7x:


sin 7x(2 cos 7x + 1) =
0


We'll set each factor as
zero:


sin 7x = 0


7x =
(-1)^k*arcsin 0 + 2kpi


7x = 0 +
2kpi


We'll divide by 7:


x = 
2kpi/7


2 cos 7x + 1 = 0


cos 7x
= -1/2


7x = arccos(-1/2) +
kpi


x = +/-(pi/21) +
kpi/7


The solutions of trigonometric equation
are: {2kpi/7 ; k integer}U{+/-(pi/21) + kpi/7 ; k
integer}.

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