Question

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Answer 1

k = 1 or 21

Explanation:

According to the question, we were given the below trigonometric function

`\sec ^2x\text{ - 22tanx + 20 = 0}`

Recall that, we have trigonometric identity which is written below

`\sin ^2\theta+cos^2\theta\text{ = 1}`

`\text{Divide through by }\cos ^2\theta`
`\begin{gathered} (\sin^2\theta)/(\cos^2\theta)\text{ + }(cos^2\theta)/(\cos^2\theta)\text{ =}(1)/(\cos ^2\theta) \\ \tan ^2\theta+1=sec^2\theta \\ \text{Let x = }\theta \\ \tan ^2x+1=sec^2x \end{gathered}`

The next thing is to rewrite the equation

`\begin{gathered} \text{ since sec}^2x=tan^2x\text{ + 1} \\ \text{Hence,} \\ \tan ^2x\text{ + 1 - 22tanx + 20 = 0} \\ \text{Let k = tanx} \\ k^2\text{ + 1 -22k + 20 = 0} \\ \text{Collect the like terms} \\ k^2\text{ - 22k + 21 = 0} \end{gathered}`

The next thing is to find the value of P by factorizing the above equation.

Recall that, the standard form of the quadratic function is given as

`ax^2\text{ + bx + c = 0}`

Let

a = 1

b = -22

c = 21

The next thing is to find the value of ac

`\begin{gathered} ac\text{ = 1 }\cdot\text{ 2}1 \\ ac\text{ = 2}1 \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} k^2\text{ - k -21k + 21 =0} \\ k(k\text{ -1) -21(}k\text{- 1) = 0} \\ (k\text{ -1) (k -21) = 0} \\ k\text{ -1 = 0 or =k - 21 = 0} \\ k\text{ = 1 or k = 22} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the value of k is 1 or 21