Monday, 18 March 2013

trigonometry - Solving cos(x/2)=sinx



Can anyone give me just a hint as to how to go about solving this? Yes it is for homework, but I don't want an answer, just a bit of guidance. I'm thinking the half angle formula for the first bit, but it doesn't seem to look right.



cos(x/2)sin(x)=0



Thanks!


Answer



Let y=x2, so that your equation is
cos(y)=sin(2y).

Do you know any formulas that you can use here?


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