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PreCalc- Solving Trigonometric Equations

Can anyone explain the steps, I have the answer but doesn’t throughly explain how.

PreCalc- Solving Trigonometric Equations Can anyone explain the steps, I have the-example-1
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Answer:


x=(\pi)/(2),\quad x=(3\pi)/(2)

Explanation:

Given trigonometric equation:


\boxed{2\cos^2(x) \csc(x)-\cos^2(x)=0}

To solve the equation, begin by factoring out cos²(x) from the left side of the equation:


\cos^2(x) \left(2\csc(x)-1\right)=0

Apply the zero-product property to create two equations to solve:


\cos^2(x)=0\quad \textsf{and} \quad 2\csc(x)-1=0


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Solve cos²(x) = 0:


\begin{aligned}\cos^2(x)&=0\\\\√(\cos^2(x))&=√(0)\\\\\cos(x)&=0\\\\x&=(\pi)/(2)+2\pi n, (3\pi)/(2)+2\pi n\end{aligned}

[To find the solutions using a unit circle, locate the points where the x-coordinate is zero, since each (x, y) point on the unit circle is equal to (cos θ, sin θ).]

Therefore, the solutions on the interval [0, 2π] are:


x=(\pi)/(2),\; (3\pi)/(2)


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Solve 2csc(x) - 1 = 0:


\begin{aligned}2 \csc(x)-1&=0\\\\2\csc(x)&=1\\\\\csc(x)&=(1)/(2)\\\\(1)/(\sin(x))&=(1)/(2)\\\\\sin(x)&=2\end{aligned}

As the range of the sine function is -1 ≤ sin(x) ≤ 1, there is no solution for x ∈ R.


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Solutions

Therefore, the solutions to the given trigonometric equation on the interval [0, 2π] are:


\boxed{x=(\pi)/(2),\quad x=(3\pi)/(2)}

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