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Find all intervals (0,2pi)

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2cos^2(x)+2cos(x)=0?

asked May 1, 2013 in TRIGONOMETRY by mathgirl Apprentice

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2cos2(x) + 2cosx = 0

2cosx(cosx + 1) = 0

2cosx = 0 or cosx + 1 = 0

cosx = 0 = cos(π/ 2) = cos(3π / 2)

x = π / 2 , 3π / 2 in the interval (0 , 2π)

cosx + 1 = 0

cosx = - 1 = cosπ

x = π interval (0 , 2π)

Therefore x = π / 2 , π , 3π / 2.

 

answered May 3, 2013 by diane Scholar

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