Equating sines

Geometry Level 3

The answer to this question is positive and is equal to sin 2 x \sin^2 x . What is the value of sin ( 2 x ) \sin (2x) ?

4 5 \frac45 3 4 \frac34 6 7 \frac67 5 6 \frac56

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2 solutions

Md Zuhair
Nov 12, 2016

We know that answer is s i n 2 x sin^2x . So

s i n 2 x sin2x = s i n 2 x sin^2x

Hence 2 s i n x c o s x = s i n 2 x 2sin x cosx = sin^2x

Hence t a n x = 2 tanx = 2

Now s e c 2 x t a n 2 x = 1 sec^2x - tan^2x = 1

s e c 2 x = 5 sec^2x = 5

c o s 2 x = 1 / 5 cos^2x = 1/5

S i n 2 x = 4 / 5 Sin^2x = 4/5 [ A n s ] [Ans]

Noel Lo
Jul 21, 2017

sin 2 x = sin ( 2 x ) \sin^{2}{x}=\sin{(2x)}

sin 2 x = 2 sin x cos x \sin^{2}{x}=2\sin{x}\cos{x}

sin x = 2 cos x \sin{x}=2\cos{x}

tan x = 2 \tan{x}=2

cot x = 1 tan x = 1 2 \cot{x}=\frac{1}{\tan{x}}=\frac{1}{2}

sec 2 x = tan 2 x + 1 = 2 2 + 1 = 4 + 1 = 5 \sec^{2}{x}=\tan^{2}{x}+1=2^2+1=4+1=5

csc 2 x = cot 2 x + 1 = ( 1 2 ) 2 + 1 = 1 4 + 1 = 1 + 4 4 = 5 4 \csc^{2}{x}=\cot^{2}{x}+1=(\frac{1}{2})^2+1=\frac{1}{4}+1=\frac{1+4}{4}=\frac{5}{4}

sec x = 5 \sec{x}=\sqrt{5} while csc x = 5 2 \csc{x}=\frac{\sqrt{5}}{2}

cos x = 1 5 \cos{x}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} while sin x = 2 5 \sin{x}=\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}

sin 2 x = 2 sin x cos x = 2 × 2 5 = 4 5 \sin{2x}=2\sin{x}\cos{x}=\frac{2\times2}{5}=\frac{4}{5}

Careful there, in your first 3rd step, you divided by sides by (sin x). Can you justify why (sin x) can divided?

Pi Han Goh - 3 years, 11 months ago

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If (sin x)=0, sin 2x won't be positive as sin x is a factor of sin 2x

Noel Lo - 3 years, 11 months ago

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Right, it's important to show that (sin x = 0) is not a solution, otherwise, we're dividing by 0.

Pi Han Goh - 3 years, 11 months ago

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