Algebra Examples

$- 2 \sec^{2} (x) \tan (x) = 0$

Step 1

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) = 0$

$\tan (x) = 0$

Step 2

Set $\sec^{2} (x)$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

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Step 2.1

Set $\sec^{2} (x)$ equal to $0$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.2

Solve $\sec^{2} (x) = 0$ for $x$ .

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Step 2.2.1

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$\sec (x) = \pm \sqrt{0}$

Step 2.2.2

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{0}$ .

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Step 2.2.2.1

Rewrite $0$ as $0^{2}$ .

$\sec (x) = \pm \sqrt{0^{2}}$

Step 2.2.2.2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$\sec (x) = \pm 0$

Step 2.2.2.3

Plus or minus $0$ is $0$ .

$\sec (x) = 0$

Step 2.2.3

The range of secant is $y \leq - 1$ and $y \geq 1$ . Since $0$ does not fall in this range, there is no solution.

No solution

Step 3

Set $\tan (x)$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

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Step 3.1

Set $\tan (x)$ equal to $0$ .

$\tan (x) = 0$

Step 3.2

Solve $\tan (x) = 0$ for $x$ .

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Step 3.2.1

Take the inverse tangent of both sides of the equation to extract $x$ from inside the tangent.

$x = \arctan (0)$

Step 3.2.2

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.2.2.1

The exact value of $\arctan (0)$ is $0$ .

$x = 0$

Step 3.2.3

The tangent function is positive in the first and third quadrants. To find the second solution, add the reference angle from $π$ to find the solution in the fourth quadrant.

$x = π + 0$

Step 3.2.4

Add $π$ and $0$ .

$x = π$

Step 3.2.5

Find the period of $\tan (x)$ .

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Step 3.2.5.1

The period of the function can be calculated using $\frac{π}{| b |}$ .

$\frac{π}{| b |}$

Step 3.2.5.2

Replace $b$ with $1$ in the formula for period.

$\frac{π}{| 1 |}$

Step 3.2.5.3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $0$ and $1$ is $1$ .

$\frac{π}{1}$

Step 3.2.5.4

Divide $π$ by $1$ .

$π$

Step 3.2.6

The period of the $\tan (x)$ function is $π$ so values will repeat every $π$ radians in both directions.

$x = π n, π + π n$ , for any integer $n$

Step 4

The final solution is all the values that make $- 2 \sec^{2} (x) \tan (x) = 0$ true.

$x = π n, π + π n$ , for any integer $n$

Step 5

Consolidate the answers.

$x = π n$ , for any integer $n$