Monday, 24 September 2018

trigonometry - Solve, for 0leqx<360, 5sin2x=2cos2x. What about costheta=0?




Solve 5sin2x=2cos2x for 0x<360.





Let θ=2x. Then
(5tanθ2)cosθ=0.



So tanθ=25 or cosθ=0.



Calculating the above value gives:



θ=45.0,135.0,225.0,315.0,10.9,100.9,190.9, or 280.9.




But looking at the marking scheme strictly states:




x=10.9,100.9,190.9,280.9 (Allow awrt)
Extra solution(s) in range: Loses the final A mark.




As you can see this is only solution to the tanθ=52.
What am I missing here? Why is cosθ=0 not a correct solution?



Is factorising cosθ unnecessary because when cosθ=0,
tanθ=sinθcosθ is undefined so that renders the equation useless?




Many thanks in advance.


Answer



Another method if you are interested. 5sin(2x)2cos(2x)=0529sin(2x)229cos(2x)=0sin(θ)sin(2x)cos(θ)cos(2x)=0cos(θ+2x)=0θ+2x=π2+nπ2x=π2+nπθ where θ=arccos(229)


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