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1 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 1 of 17 M.K. HOME TUITION Mathematics Revision Guides Level: AS / A Level AQA : C2 Edexcel: C2 OCR: C2 OCR MEI: C2 SOLVING TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS Version : 3.2 Date: Examples 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10 are copyrighted to their respective owners and used with their permission.

2 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 2 of 17 Trigonometric identities. There are two very important trigonometric identities. For all angles cos 2 + sin 2 = 1 (This is the Pythagorean identity) The square on the hypotenuse in the triangle above is 1. The sum of the squares on the other two sides = cos 2 + sin 2 The length of the opposite side to A = sin and the length of the adjacent to A = cos. Since the tangent is the opposite divided by the adjacent, it also follows that tan sin cos These two identities are important when simplifying expressions or solving various types of equations.

3 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 3 of 17 SOLVING TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS Any trigonometric equation of the form sin x = a (where -1 acos x = a (where -1 a or tan x = a can have an infinite variety of solutions. To solve such equations using a calculator, it must be remembered that only one of an infinite number of possible values will be given we must find all solutions within the range of the question. The graph above shows several of the possible solutions of sin x = 0.5. Apart from the one of 30 given on the calculator (the principal value), the possible solutions also include (180-30) or 150 because of the reflective symmetry of the graph about the line x = 90. Moreover, as the graph has a repeating period of 360, other solutions are 390, 510 and so on in the positive x-direction, and 210, -330 and so forth in the negative x-direction. We can also use CAST diagrams to show the two solutions in the range 0-360, and we can add or subtract multiples of 360 as desired for any further values, should the question ask for them. Positive angles are measured anticlockwise from the origin; negative ones clockwise. In general, if sin x = a, then : sin (180-x) = a sin (180n + x) = a for even integer n ; sin (180n - x) = a for odd integer n. Therefore, for instance, sin (360+x), sin (540-x) and sin (-180-x) are also equal to sin x. In radians, the solutions are given as /6 and ( /6) or 5/6. The graph repeats every 2radians, and other solutions are 13/6, 17/6 (positive x-direction) and -7/6, -11/6 (negative x-direction). In general, if sin x = a, then : sin (-x) = a sin (n+ x) = a for even integer n ; sin (n - x) = a for odd integer n. Therefore, for instance, sin (2x) sin (3-x) and sin (--x) are also equal to sin x.

4 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 4 of 17 y y = x -0.5 y = cos x -1 Line of symmetry: x = 0 x = 180 x = 360 x = 540 x = 720 The cosine function also shows similar periodicity. Several of the possible solutions of cos x = 0.5 are shown in the graph above. Apart from the one of 60 given on the calculator(the principal value), the possible solutions also include 300 because the graph has reflective symmetry about the line x = 180. Again, there is a repeating period of 360, and so other solutions are 420, 660 and so on in the positive x-direction, and -60, 300 ۥ, -420 and so forth in the negative x-direction. The CAST diagrams to show the two solutions in the range Again, we can add or subtract multiples of 360 if required. The relationship between cos 60 and cos -60 is evident from the left-hand diagram. In general, if cos x = a, then : cos (-x) = a or cos (360-x) = a cos (360n + x) = a for any integer n cos (360n - x) = a for any integer n. Therefore, for instance, cos (360+x), cos (720-x) and cos (-360-x) are also equal to cos x. In radians, the solutions are given as /3 and /3 (or 5/3). The graph repeats every 2radians, and other solutions are 5/3, 7/3 (positive x-direction) and -5/3, -7/3 (negative x-direction). In general, if cos x = a, then : cos (-x) = a or cos (2-x) = a cos (2n+ x) = a for any integer n cos (2n - x) = a for any integer n. Therefore, for instance, cos (2+x), cos (4x) and cos (-2-x) are also equal to cos x.

5 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 5 of 17 The symmetrical pairing of solutions in the range 0 x (or 0 xin radians) is common to both the sine and cosine graphs, for all angles on either side of the graphs lines of symmetry. (An exception occurs when sin x and cos x = ±1 ; then there is only one solution.in that range.) Thus sin 115 = sin 65 (both equidistant from line of symmetry at 90 ), and cos 155 = cos 205 (both equidistant from line of symmetry at 180 ). The tangent function, on the other hand, has a period of 180 rather than 360 as in the sine and cosine functions. Also, there is no linear symmetry, so there is no doubling-up of solutions (as in sine and cosine examples). The graph shows several solutions of the equation tan x = 1. Apart from the one of 45 given on the calculator, there are other possible solutions because the graph has a repeating period of 180. Those solutions are 225, 405 and so on in the positive x-direction, and 135, -315 and so forth in the negative x-direction. The CAST diagrams for the tangent function are simpler in form than the others you merely add multiples of 180 to obtain all the solutions needed. In general, if tan x = a, then tan (180n + x) = a for any integer n. In radians, the calculator solution is /4. The graph repeats every radians, and other solutions are 5/4, 9/4 (positive x-direction) and -3/4, -7/4 (negative x-direction). In general, if tan x = a, then tan (n + x) = a for any integer n.

6 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 6 of 17 Example (1): Solve sin x = 0.85 for 0 x, giving answers in degrees to one decimal place. The principal value is 58.2, but care must be taken to ensure that all solutions within the range are given. The substitution formulae can be used, but a sketch graph or CAST diagram will probably be easier in finding extra solutions. The two important lines of symmetry here are x = 90 and x = 450. Since 58.2 is 31.8 less than 90, the solution on the other side of that line of symmetry must be 31.8 greater than 90, or Alternatively we can use sin (180-x) = sin x, and = CAST diagram illustration: Having obtained the two solutions above, it is a simple matter of adding and subtracting multiples of 360 as required. Subtracting 360 is no help as there will be no new values found within the range, but adding 360 will give two other solutions: ( ) or ( ) or the solutions of sin x = 0.85 for 0 x0 are 58.2, 121.8, and

7 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 7 of 17 Example (2): Solve sin x = -0.8 for 0 x360, giving answer in degrees to one decimal place. The principal value, and the one given on a calculator, is -53.1, from which we can derive the other solutions. Note that this solution is not in the quoted range, and so we must add an appropriate multiple of 360 (the period of sin x) to it. Here, adding 360 gives one solution, i.e y 1 y = sin x x y = -0.8 Line of symmetry: x = 270 The important line of symmetry here is x = 270. Since is 36.9 greater than 270, the solution on the other side of that line of symmetry must be 36.9 less than 270, or the solutions of sin x = -0.8 for 0 x360 are and Again we could have used sin (180-x) = sin x, and (-53.1 ) = 233.1, although it is less obvious from the diagram. CAST diagram illustration:

8 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 8 of 17 Example (3): Solve cos x = for 0 x720, giving answer in degrees to one decimal place. The two important lines of symmetry here are x = 180 and x = 540. Here, the principal value, and the one given on a calculator, is Since is 48.7 less than 180, the solution on the other side of that line of symmetry must be 48.7 greater than 180, or We could have used cos (360-x) = cos x, and = Having obtained the two solutions above, it is a simple matter of adding and subtracting multiples of 360 as required. Subtracting 360 is no help as there will be no new values found within the range, but adding 360 will give two other solutions, i.e and the solutions of cos x = for 0 x0 are 131.3, 228.7, and CAST diagram illustration:

9 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 9 of 17 Example (4): Solve cos x = 0.75 for 0 x, giving answers in radians to 3 decimal places. The principal value is c, but to find the other solution, we can make use of the lines of symmetry at x = 0 and x = 2Since the principal value is greater than zero, the other required value must be less than 2or c. (This is the same as using the identity cos (2-x) = cos x.) We could have also used the line of symmetry at x = and worked the value as + ( ), leading to the same conclusion. (This, and the substitution identity sin (-x) = sin x, are perhaps easier to use when solving sin x = k or cos x = k in radians.). the solutions of cos x = 0.75 for 0 xare c and c. CAST diagram illustration:

10 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 10 of 17 Solution of equations of the form tan x = k is easier: we just add or subtract multiples of 180 (or multiples of if using radians) to the principal value. Example (5): Solve tan x = 1.5 for - x, giving the answer in radians to 3 decimal places. The principal value is c, but because the tangent function repeats itself every radians, there is another solution at ( ) c or c. CAST diagram illustration: Note that the negative angle is denoted by a clockwise arrow.

12 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 12 of 17 Sometimes we need to use the idea of transformations to solve slightly more complex trig equations. Example (6): Use the results from Example (4) to solve cos 2x = 0.75 for 0 x, giving your answers in radians to three decimal places. Here the limits for x are 0 x, but we are asked to solve for 2x. To ensure that no values are omitted, we must substitute A for 2x and multiply the limiting values by 2 to get the transformed limit of 0 A2 From Example (4), we see that the solutions of cos A = 0.75 for 0 Aare c and c. To convert the A-values back to x-values, we must divide by 2. the solutions of cos 2x = 0.75 for 0 xare c and c. Example (7): Solve tan(2x + 60 ) = 1 for 0 x360. By letting A stand for 2x + 60, we first transform the x-limits to A-limits: 0 x A (x-values doubled, 60 added). When drawing sketch graphs or CAST diagrams, draw them with respect to the transformed variable A, and not the original variable x. The substitution back to x-values must be done afterwards. The principal value of A where tan A = 1 is 45, but that value is not within the A-limits. We therefore keep adding multiples of 180 to obtain A = 225, 405, 585 and 765. Since we doubled the x-values and then added 60 to get the A-values, we must perform the inverse operations to change the A-values back to x-values i.e. subtract 60 and then halve the result. Therefore A = 225 x = ½(225-60) = Similarly A = 405 x = 172.5, A = 585 x = and finally A = 765 x = The solutions in the range are therefore x = 82.5, 172.5, and

13 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 13 of 17 Example (8): Solve sin (3x - 40) = -0.3 for 0 x0 giving answers in degrees to one decimal place. Again, we must substitute the x-limits of 0 x0 with A limits. By using A = 3x- 40, the A-limits transform to 40 A 00. The graph below uses the A-limits. The principal value of A is here 17.5,. which is inside the A-limits. This value is to the left of the line of symmetry at A= 90, so another solution will be to the right, i.e. at A = (We could also have used sin (180-x) = sin x, and (-17.5 ) = ) CAST diagram working: Note that the negative angle is labelled with a clockwise arrow. To complete the full set of solutions for A in the required range, we add multiples of 360 to the two above values. In fact the only additional one is A = ( ) = These three solutions will then need converting back from A-values to x-values by the inverse operation of x A 40, so when A = -17.5, x = Similarly, when A = 197.5, x = 79.2 and when A = 342.5, x = Hence the solutions of sin (3x - 40) = -0.3 for 0 x0 are 7.5, 79.2 and

14 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 14 of 17 Quadratic equations in the trigonometric functions are solved in the same way, but care must be taken when factorising them. Note also that the graphs accompanying the solutions are for illustration only you will not be asked to sketch them! Example (9) : Solve the equation 2cos 2 x - cos x = 0 for - x. This factorises at once into (cos x) (2 cos x 1) = 0. cos x = 0 when x = 2 or x = cos x = 1, or cos x = 0.5, when x = 3 or x = -3. The solutions to the equation are therefore x = 2 and 3 (illustrated below). Important: we cannot simply cancel out cos x from the equation as follows: 2cos 2 x - cos x = 0 2cos 2 x = cos x 2cos x = 1 x = 3. The final division of both sides by cos x has led to a loss of the solutions satisfying cos x = 0, i.e. x = 2.

15 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 15 of 17 Example (10) : Solve the equation cos 2 x - cos x - 1 = 0 for 0 x2. Give the answer in radians to three decimal places. This quadratic does not factorise and so the general formula must be used. Substitute x = cos x, a = 1, b = -1 and c = -1 into the formula. x b b 2 4ac 2a cos x. These are the possible solutions, and are and to 3 decimal places. The first value can be rejected, since the cosine function cannot take values outside the range 1 cos x 1. The only solutions are those where cos x = The principal value of x is c. Since cos (2-x) = cos x, another solution would be ( ) c or c. the solutions of cos 2 x - cos x - 1 = 0 where 0 x2are c and c to 3 decimal places.

16 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 16 of 17 Example (11): Find the angle(s) between 0 and 360 satisfying the equation 1-2cos 2 x + sin x = 0 This equation can be manipulated into a quadratic in sin x by replacing 2cos 2 x with 2(1 -sin 2 x) using the Pythagorean identity. 1 2(1-sin 2 x) + sin x = sin 2 x + sin x = 0 2sin 2 x + sin x 1 = 0 This is now a quadratic in sin x which factorises into (2 sin x - 1)(sin x + 1) = 0 Hence sin x = 0.5 or 1. This gives x = 30 or 150 (where sin x = 0.5); also x = 270 (where sin x = -1). Example (12): Prove that (1 cos x)(1 cos x) sin xcos x tan x. The top line of the left-hand expression can be recognised as a difference of squares result, namely 1-cos 2 x. This in turn can be replaced by sin 2 x using the Pythagorean identity. The expression on the left thus becomes obtain sin x cos x or tan x. sin 2 x sin x cos x, and dividing both sides by sin x we finally

17 Mathematics Revision Guides Solving Trigonometric Equations Page 17 of 17 Example (13): Show that the equation sin x - cos 2 x 5 = 0 has no solutions. Substituting cos 2 x by 1 -sin 2 x gives sin x (1-sin 2 x) 5 = 0 sin x 1 + sin 2 x 5 = 0 sin 2 x + sin x 6 = 0 sin x + 3) (sin x 2) = 0 sin x = 2 or 3. The quadratic in sin x factorises all right, but the solutions are impossible because the sine function cannot take values outside the range 1 sin x 1. Example (14): Solve the equation sin x = 3 cos x for angles between 0 and 360. sin x cos x We can divide the equation by cos x to give 3, or tan x 3. The principal value of x is 60, but since the tangent graph repeats every 180, another solution is x = 240.

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