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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 2.4.1
Move .
Step 2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.5
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.6
Multiply .
Step 2.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.2
Combine and .
Step 2.6.3
Combine and .
Step 2.7
Multiply .
Step 2.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.7.2
Combine and .
Step 2.7.3
Combine and .
Step 2.8
Simplify each term.
Step 2.8.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.8.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.4
Factor out of .
Step 3.5
Factor out of .
Step 4
If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to , the entire expression will be equal to .
Step 5
Set equal to .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Set equal to .
Step 6.2
Solve for .
Step 6.2.1
Multiply through by the least common denominator , then simplify.
Step 6.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2.1.2
Simplify.
Step 6.2.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.2.1.2.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.2.1.2.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.2.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.2.1.2.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.2.1.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.2.2
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 6.2.3
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 6.2.4
Simplify.
Step 6.2.4.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 6.2.4.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.4.1.2
Multiply .
Step 6.2.4.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.4.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.4.1.3
Add and .
Step 6.2.4.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 6.2.4.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.
Step 6.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.5
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 7
The final solution is all the values that make true.
Step 8
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
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