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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.1.1
Simplify .
Step 2.1.1.1
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 2.1.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.1.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.1.1.3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.1.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.1.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.1.1.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.1.1.5
Simplify the expression.
Step 2.1.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.1.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.1.1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.1.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.1.6.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.1.6.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.1.1.7
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.8
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.9
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.1.11
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.1.1.11.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.1.11.2
Divide by .
Step 2.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 2.2.1
Simplify .
Step 2.2.1.1
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 2.2.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.2.1.3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.2.1.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.2.1.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.2.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.2.1.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.2.1.7
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 3
Take the inverse sine of both sides of the equation to extract from inside the sine.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Evaluate .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.3.1
Divide by .
Step 6
The sine function is positive in the first and second quadrants. To find the second solution, subtract the reference angle from to find the solution in the second quadrant.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Subtract from .
Step 7.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 7.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 7.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 7.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 7.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.2.3.1
Divide by .
Step 8
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
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 8.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.2
Divide by .
Step 9
The period of the function is so values will repeat every radians in both directions.
, for any integer