Question #9c5a0

1 Answer
May 5, 2016

x = pi/4+pik, k in ZZ

Explanation:

1+sin^2(x) = 3sin(x)cos(x), tan(x)!=1/2

=> (sin^2(x)+cos^2(x))+sin^2(x) = 3sin(x)cos(x)

=> cos^2(x) + 2sin^2(x) = 3sin(x)cos(x)

=> cos^2(x)-3sin(x)cos(x)+2sin^2(x) = 0

=> (cos(x)-sin(x))(cos(x)-2sin(x)) = 0

=> cos(x)-sin(x) = 0 or cos(x) - 2sin(x) = 0

As the second equation may be expressed as sin(x)/cos(x)=1/2, violating our initial condition of tan(x)!=1/2, we will only focus on the first.

cos(x)-sin(x) = 0

=> cos(x) = sin(x)

:. x = pi/4+pik, k in ZZ