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20.3: Exercises

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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)

    Find all solutions of the equation, and simplify as much as possible. Do not approximate the solution.

    1. \(\tan(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\)
    2. \(\sin(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
    3. \(\sin(x)=-\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\)
    4. \(\cos(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
    5. \(\cos(x)=0\)
    6. \(\cos(x)=-0.5\)
    7. \(\cos(x)=1\)
    8. \(\sin(x)=5\)
    9. \(\sin(x)=0\)
    10. \(\sin(x)=-1\)
    11. \(\tan(x)=-\sqrt{3}\)
    12. \(\cos(x)=0.2\)
    Answer
    1. \(x=\dfrac{\pi}{6}+n \pi \text {, where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    2. \(x=(-1)^{n} \dfrac{\pi}{3}+n \pi \text {, where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    3. \(x=(-1)^{n+1} \dfrac{\pi}{4}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    4. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{6}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    5. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{2}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    6. \(x=\pm \dfrac{2 \pi}{3}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    7. \(x=2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    8. there is no solution (since \(-1 \leq \sin (x) \leq\)),
    9. \(x=n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    10. \(x=(-1)^{n+1} \dfrac{\pi}{2}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\) (since each solution appears twice, it is enough to take \(n=0, \pm 2, \pm 4, \ldots\)),
    11. \(x=\dfrac{-\pi}{3}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    12. \(x=\pm \cos ^{-1}(0.2)+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)

    Find all solutions of the equation. Approximate your solution with the calculator.

    1. \(\tan(x)=6.2\)
    2. \(\cos(x)=0.45\)
    3. \(\sin(x)=0.91\)
    4. \(\cos(x)=-.772\)
    5. \(\tan(x)=-0.2\)
    6. \(\sin(x)=-0.06\)
    Answer
    1. \(x \approx 1.411+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    2. \(x \approx \pm 1.104+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    3. \(x \approx(-1)^{n} 1.143+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    4. \(x \approx \pm 2.453+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    5. \(x \approx-0.197+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    6. \(x \approx(-1)^{n+1} 0.06+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)

    Find at least \(5\) distinct solutions of the equation.

    1. \(\tan(x)=-1\)
    2. \(\cos(x)=\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\)
    3. \(\sin(x)=-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\)
    4. \(\tan(x)=0\)
    5. \(\cos(x)=0\)
    6. \(\cos(x)=0.3\)
    7. \(\sin(x)=0.4\)
    8. \(\sin(x)=-1\)
    Answer
    1. \(\dfrac{-\pi}{4}, \dfrac{3 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{7 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{-5 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{-9 \pi}{4}\)
    2. \(\dfrac{\pi}{4}, \dfrac{-\pi}{4}, \dfrac{9 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{-9 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{17 \pi}{4}, \dfrac{-17 \pi}{4}\)
    3. \(\dfrac{-\pi}{3}, \dfrac{4 \pi}{3}, \dfrac{5 \pi}{3}, \dfrac{-2 \pi}{3}, \dfrac{-7 \pi}{3}\)
    4. \(0, \pi, 2 \pi,-\pi,-2 \pi,\)
    5. \(\dfrac{\pi}{2}, \dfrac{-\pi}{2}, \dfrac{3 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{-3 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{5 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{-5 \pi}{2}\)
    6. \(\cos ^{-1}(0.3),-\cos ^{-1}(0.3), \cos ^{-1}(0.3)+2 \pi,-\cos ^{-1}(0.3)+2 \pi, \cos ^{-1}(0.3)-2 \pi,-\cos ^{-1}(0.3)-2 \pi\)
    7. \(\sin ^{-1}(0.4),-\sin ^{-1}(0.4)+\pi, -\sin ^{-1}(0.4)-\pi, \sin ^{-1}(0.4)+2 \pi, \sin ^{-1}(0.4)-2 \pi\)
    8. \(\dfrac{3 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{7 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{11 \pi}{2}, \dfrac{-\pi}{2}, \dfrac{-5 \pi}{2}\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    Solve for \(x\). State the general solution without approximation.

    1. \(\tan(x)-1=0\)
    2. \(2\sin(x)=1\)
    3. \(2\cos(x)-\sqrt{3}=0\)
    4. \(\sec(x)=-2\)
    5. \(\cot(x)=\sqrt{3}\)
    6. \(\tan^2(x)-3=0\)
    7. \(\sin^2(x)-1=0\)
    8. \(\cos^2(x)+7\cos(x)+6=0\)
    9. \(4\cos^2(x)-4\cos(x)+1=0\)
    10. \(2\sin^2(x)+11\sin(x)=-5\)
    11. \(2\sin^2(x)+\sin(x)-1=0\)
    12. \(2\cos^2(x)-3\cos(x)+1=0\)
    13. \(2\cos^2(x)+9\cos(x)=5\)
    14. \(\tan^3(x)-\tan(x)=0\)
    Answer
    1. \(x=\dfrac{\pi}{4}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    2. \(x=(-1)^{n} \dfrac{\pi}{6}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    3. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{6}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    4. \(x=\pm \dfrac{2 \pi}{3}+2 n \pi \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    5. \(x=\dfrac{\pi}{6}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    6. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{3}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    7. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{2}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    8. \(x=\pi+2 n \pi \text {, where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\) (Note: The solution given by the formula 20.1.5 is \(x=\pm \pi+2 n \pi \text { with } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\) Since every solution appears twice in this expression, we can reduce this to \(x=\pi+2 n \pi\).),
    9. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{3}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    10. \(x=(-1)^{n+1} \dfrac{\pi}{6}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    11. \(x=(-1)^{n+1} \dfrac{\pi}{2}+n \pi\)
    12. \(x=2 n \pi, \text { or } x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{3}+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    13. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{3}+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    14. \(x=\pm \dfrac{\pi}{4}+n \pi, \text { or } x=n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)

    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Use the calculator to find all solutions of the given equation. Approximate the answer to the nearest thousandth.

    1. \(2\cos(x)=2\sin(x)+1\)
    2. \(7\tan(x)\cdot \cos(2x)=1\)
    3. \(4\cos^2(3x)+\cos(3x)=\sin(3x)+2\)
    4. \(\sin(x)+\tan(x)=\cos(x)\)
    Answer
    1. \(x \approx-1.995+2 n \pi, \text { or } x \approx 0.424+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    2. \(x \approx-0.848+n \pi, \text { or } x \approx 0.148+n \pi, \text { or } x \approx 0.700+n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    3. \(x \approx 0.262+n \dfrac{2 \pi}{3} \text {, or } x \approx 0.906+n \dfrac{2 \pi}{3} \text {, or } x \approx 1.309+n \dfrac{2 \pi}{3}, \text { or } x \approx 1.712+n \dfrac{2 \pi}{3}, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)
    4. \(x \approx 0.443+2 n \pi, \text { or } x \approx 2.193+2 n \pi, \text { where } n=0, \pm 1, \ldots\)

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