Trigonometry Examples

Solve for x 5cot(x)+12=6cot(x)+13
Step 1
Move all terms containing to the left side of the equation.
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Step 1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Subtract from .
Step 2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.2
Subtract from .
Step 3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 3.2.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 3.2.2
Divide by .
Step 3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 3.3.1
Divide by .
Step 4
Take the inverse cotangent of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the cotangent.
Step 5
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.1
The exact value of is .
Step 6
The cotangent function is negative in the second and fourth quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the third quadrant.
Step 7
Simplify the expression to find the second solution.
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Step 7.1
Add to .
Step 7.2
The resulting angle of is positive and coterminal with .
Step 8
Find the period of .
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Step 8.1
The period of the function can be calculated using .
Step 8.2
Replace with in the formula for period.
Step 8.3
The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between and is .
Step 8.4
Divide by .
Step 9
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
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Step 10
Consolidate the answers.
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