Trigonometry Examples

Solve for ? 8sin(x)+1=6sin(x)
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
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
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
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 3.3.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4
Take the inverse sine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the sine.
Step 5
Simplify the right side.
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Step 5.1
The exact value of is .
Step 6
The sine function is negative in the third and fourth quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the solution from , to find a reference angle. Next, add this reference angle to 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
Subtract from .
Step 7.2
The resulting angle of is positive, less than , 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
Add to every negative angle to get positive angles.
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Step 9.1
Add to to find the positive angle.
Step 9.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 9.3
Combine fractions.
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Step 9.3.1
Combine and .
Step 9.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 9.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 9.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 9.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.5
List the new angles.
Step 10
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
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