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OpenStudy (dawnr):

i have a question..

OpenStudy (dawnr):

about these two..here i have no interval i need to find "all of the solutions"

OpenStudy (dawnr):

this is what i did:

OpenStudy (dawnr):

\[\sin (3x-\frac{ \pi }{ 3 })=\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\] \[3x-\frac{ \pi }{ 3 }=\frac{ \pi }{ 6 }+2kpi\] \[x=\frac{ \pi }{ 18 }+\frac{ \pi }{ 9 }+\frac{ 2k \pi }{ 3 }\] \[x=\frac{ \pi }{ 6 }+\frac{ 2k \pi }{ 3 }\]

OpenStudy (dawnr):

and \[3x-\frac{ \pi }{ 3 }=\pi - \frac{ \pi }{ 6 }+2k \pi\] . . . \[x=\frac{ 7\pi }{ 18 }+\frac{ 2k \pi }{ 3 }\]

OpenStudy (dawnr):

so is this it or is there something else that i have to do?

OpenStudy (dawnr):

as for the 2nd one i did: \[\frac{ x }{ 2 }-\frac{ \pi }{ 4 }=\frac{ \pi }{ 3 }+k \pi\] \[\frac{ x }{ 2 }=\frac{ \pi }{ 3 }+\frac{ \pi }{ 4 }+k \pi\] \[x=\frac{ 2\pi }{ 3 }\frac{ \pi }{ 2 }+2k \pi\] \[x=\frac{ 7\pi }{ 6 }+2k \pi\]

Parth (parthkohli):

Pretty sure that's it.

OpenStudy (dawnr):

it is? okay i have more xD sin2x=sinx 2sinx*cosx-sinx=0 2sinx(cosx-1/2)=0 sinx=0 and cosx=1/2

OpenStudy (dawnr):

so what do i do there..same thing i need all the solutions or is that also it?

Parth (parthkohli):

Alternative:\[\sin(2x) - \sin(x) = 0\]\[\Rightarrow 2\cos(3x/2)\sin(x/2) = 0\]

Parth (parthkohli):

Your method is fine, though. Just find the values of x.

OpenStudy (dawnr):

i use x=arcsina+ 2kpi and x= pi-arcsina+2kpi for sin x=+- arccosa+2kpi for cos?

Parth (parthkohli):

Dunno what you're saying but for example if\[\cos(x) = 1/2\]then\[\cos(x) = \pi/3 \pm 2\pi k\]

OpenStudy (dawnr):

that's what i wrote xD so do i just leave it like that or use k as 0,1,2,3 etc also sinx=0 -> x=k pi what do i do with that?

Parth (parthkohli):

Great question...do you know the unit circle?

OpenStudy (dawnr):

i do :)

Parth (parthkohli):

That's key.

OpenStudy (dawnr):

well sinx could be then pi,2pi,3pi etc...

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