Question

Find all solutions to the equation in the interval [0, 2π). cos 2x - cos x = 0

Answer 1

The other answer is correct here except it is missing the answer 4pi/3

other wise its correct. The answers are 0, 2pi/3, and 4pi/3

Explanation:

see previous answer

Answer 2

this is the concept of algebra, to solve the expression we proceed as follows;
cos 2x-cosx=0
cos 2x=cosx
but:
cos 2x+1=2(cos^2x)
thereore;
from:
cos 2x=cos x
adding 1 on both sides we get:
cos 2x+1=cos x+1
2(cos^2x)=cosx+1
suppose;
cos x=a
thus;
2a^2=a+1
a^2-1/2a-1/2=0
solving the above quadratic we get:
a=-0.5 and a=1
when a=-0.5
cosx=-0.5
x=120=2/3π
when x=1
cos x=1
x=0
the answer is:
x=0 or x=2/3π