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Trigonometry identities
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7 stepsRewrite the trigonometric functions in terms of and .
The given equation is .
We know that and .
Substitute these into the equation:Combine the terms inside the parenthesis.
Multiply both sides by to eliminate the denominator.
Note that this implies .
Use the Pythagorean identity to express the equation entirely in terms of .
Expand and rearrange the equation into a quadratic form.
Solve the quadratic equation for .
Let .
Factor the quadratic equation:
This gives two possible solutions for :
Substitute back and find the general solutions for .
Case 1:
The general solution is , where is an integer.
However, in Step 3, we established that . If , then , which means . This would make and undefined in the original equation. Therefore, is an extraneous solution.Case 2:
The general solutions are and , where is an integer.
For these values of , , so the original terms and are well-defined.The solutions for are:
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