a.
\The trigonometric equation is .
Rewrite the equation as
Apply sine difference identity : .
Solve in the interval
.
The general solution of is
, where
is an integer.
The solution is , where
is an integer.
If ,
.
If ,
.
If ,
.
Thus, the solutions are ,
, and
on the interval
.
b.
\The trigonometric equation is .
Let the functions are and
.
Draw a coordinate plane.
\Graph the two functions and
on the interval
in same window.
Graph :
\Observe the above graph :
\The two functions intersects at ,
, and
on the interval
.
a. The solutions are ,
, and
on the interval
.
b. The two functions intersects at ,
, and
on the interval
.