Saturday, April 26, 2014

which are the solutions of sin2x = 2sinx?

First, we'll substitute sin 2x by the equivalent expression 2sin x*cosx 


2 sin x*cos x= 2sin x


We'll move all terms to one side:


2 sin x*cos x - 2 sin x=0


2 sin x (cos x -1)=0


We'll put each factor from the product above as being 0.


2 sin x =0


We'll divide by 2:


sin x=0


This is an elementary equation:


x = arcsin 0


x=0 or x=pi


cos x - 1=0


This is an elementary equation, also:


cos x=1


x=+/-arccos 1


x=0, x=pi


The solutions of the equation are {0,pi}.

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