Sunday, 20 March 2016

trigonometry - How to solve 32costheta4sinthetacos2theta+sin2theta=0



I have got a bunch of trig equations to solve for tomorrow, and got stuck on this one.




Solve for θ:



32cosθ4sinθcos2θ+sin2θ=0



I tried using the addition formula, product-to-sum formula, double angle formula and just brute force by expanding all terms on this, but couldn't get it.



I am not supposed to use inverse functions or a calculator to solve this.



Tried using Wolfram|Alpha's step by step function on this, but it couldn't explain things.


Answer




Let x=sin(θ),y=cos(θ)



32y4x2y2+1+2xy=0



Simplify, divide by 2 and replace y2 with 1x2.



1y2x+x2+xy=0



Factor




(x1)(x+y1)=0



Now just solve sin(θ)=1 and sin(θ)+cos(θ)=1.


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