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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 4
Step 4.1
First, use the positive value of the to find the first solution.
Step 4.2
Next, use the negative value of the to find the second solution.
Step 4.3
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 5
Set up each of the solutions to solve for .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cosine.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Take the inverse cosine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cosine.
Step 8
List all of the solutions.