Trigonometry Examples

Solve for x in Radians square root of 3cot(x)=1
Step 1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 1.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2
Combine and simplify the denominator.
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Step 1.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.3.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.3.2.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.3.2.5
Add and .
Step 1.3.2.6
Rewrite as .
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Step 1.3.2.6.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 1.3.2.6.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.3.2.6.3
Combine and .
Step 1.3.2.6.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.3.2.6.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.3.2.6.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.3.2.6.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 2
Take the inverse cotangent of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cotangent.
Step 3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 3.1
The exact value of is .
Step 4
The cotangent function is positive in the first and third quadrants. To find the second solution, add the reference angle from to find the solution in the fourth quadrant.
Step 5
Simplify .
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Step 5.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.2
Combine fractions.
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Step 5.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 5.3.1
Move to the left of .
Step 5.3.2
Add and .
Step 6
Find the period of .
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Step 6.1
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Step 6.2
Replace with in the formula for period.
Step 6.3
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Step 6.4
Divide by .
Step 7
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
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Step 8
Consolidate the answers.
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