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Geometry Level 1

sin x + sin y + sin z = 3 cos x + cos y + cos z = ? \Large{\sin x + \sin y + \sin z \ = \ 3 \\ \cos x + \cos y + \cos z = \ ?}

Assume x , y , z x,y,z are real numbers.


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2 solutions

Devansh Shah
Jul 30, 2015

sinx=siny=sinz=1 to satisfy the eqn. hence cosx+cosy+cosz=0 (cosine function will be zero )

Sorry i read ur solution wrong in a hurry

Gogul Raman Thirunathan - 4 years, 8 months ago

This is not a solution bro

Gogul Raman Thirunathan - 4 years, 8 months ago
Chew-Seong Cheong
May 29, 2015

For real x , y , z x,y,z , there is only one possibility and that is sin x + sin y + sin z = 3 \sin{x} + \sin{y} + \sin{z} = 3 that is when sin x = sin y = sin z = 1 \sin{x} = \sin{y} = \sin{z} = 1 are x = y = z = ( 2 k 1 ) π 2 x=y=z = \frac{(2k-1)\pi}{2} , where k k is an integer. Also when cos x = cos y = cos z = 0 \cos{x} = \cos{y} = \cos{z} = 0 , cos x + cos y + cos z = 0 \Rightarrow \cos{x} + \cos{y} + \cos{z} = \boxed{0} .

Moderator note:

Why is there only one possible answer?

Even though it's quite obvious, you should mention in your solution that the function f : R R f\colon\Bbb R\mapsto\Bbb R defined by f ( x ) = sin ( x ) f(x)=\sin(x) is bounded on [ 1 , 1 ] [-1,1] with f ( π / 2 ) = 1 f(\pi/2)=1 for completeness.

In other words, the range of the trigonometric sine function is [ 1 , 1 ] [-1,1] in real domain.

Prasun Biswas - 6 years ago

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