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Practice Problem 5

1. Solve the each trigonometric equation.

a. sin2x  cos  x    0 b. sinx  2 sin2 x  0

c. cot x  sinx  cot x  0 d. sin2 x  4 sinx  3  0


e. 2 cos2 x  3cos x  2  0 f. sinx  cos x  0
g. 2 cos3 x  cos x  0 h. 2cos x  sinx  cos x  0
i. 2 cos2 x  sinx  1  0 j. 2 sin2 x  3cos x  3  0
k. cos2x  sinx  1  0 l. cos7x  cos3x  cos5x  0
m. sin3x  sin5x  cos x n. cos2x  cos 4x  2cos x

2. Find the solution set of each trigonometric equation.


a. 3sin2 x  sinx  2  0 b. cos2 x  4 cos x  3  0
c. cos2 x  3cos x  2  0 d. 2 sin2 x  3cos x  0
e. 4 sin2 x  1  0 f. 4 cos2 x  3  0
g. 4 sin2 x  11sinx  3  0 h. 3sin2 x  5sinx  2  0
i. 2 sin2 x  3cos x  0 j. tan2 x  4 tanx  3  0

Linear Equations for cos x and sinx

The equations in the form of acos x  b sinx  c, a,b,c  R , a and b are not both zero, are
called linear equations for cos x and sinx .

Examples: Find the solution set of each trigonometric equation.

a. 3 cos x  3 sin x  3 b. sin x  3 cos x  1

c. 3 sin x  3 cos x  3 d. cos x  3 sin x  1

e. cos2x  sin2x  1 f. cos2x  sin2x  2


g. 3sinx  4cos x  5 h. 3sinx  3cos x  2
Homogeneous Equations for cos x and sinx

The equations in the form of acos x  b sinx  0, a,b  R , a and b are not both zero, are
called first degree homogeneous equations for cos x and sinx .
To solve these equations we may apply three ways.

Examples: Find the solution set of each trigonometric equation.

1
a. 3 cos x  sin x  0 b. 3 sin x  cos x  0

c. 2 sin2 x  2 sinx  cos x  3cos2 x  0 d. 2 sin2 x  3sinx  cos x  2 cos2 x  1


e. 3sin2 x  sinx  cos x  2 cos2 x f. 2 cos2 x  3sinx  cos x  sin2 x  0
g. 9 sinx  cos x  7 cos2 x  2 sin2 x h. 2 sin2 x  sinx  cos x  cos2 x

Review Exercises 1

1. Solve the each trigonometric equation.

a. sin x  3 cos x  3 b. sin x  3 cos x  1

c. 3 cos x  3 sin x  3 d. 3 cos x  3 sin x  3

3 6 3 2 3
e. sin x  cos x  f. cos2x  sin2x 
3 3 3 3

g. cos 2x  3 sin2x  1 h. cos x  sinx  1

i. cos x  sinx  2 j. cos2x  sin2x  2


x x x x
k. 3cos  3 sin  3 l. sin  3 cos  1
2 2 2 2

m. sinx  cos x  2 n. 2sinx  cos x  1

o. 3cos x  2sinx  1 p. 3 3 cos x  3 sin x  0

2. Find the solution set of each trigonometric equation.

a. c os x  sinx  0 b. cos x  3 sin x  0

c. sin x  3 cos x  0 d. sinx  2cos x  0

e. sin2 x  2 sinx  cos x  cos2 x  0 f. sin2 x  sin2x  3cos2 x

g. cos2 2x  cos2x  sin2 2x  


h. sin2 x  3 cos2 x  1  3 sin x  cos x

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