MAO 1991

Algebra Level 5

If

s i n 2 ( x ) 3 + c o s 2 ( x ) 7 = s i n ( 2 x ) + 1 10 \dfrac{sin^{2}(x)}{3}+\dfrac{cos^{2}(x)}{7}=\dfrac{-sin(2x)+1}{10}

find tan(x), if tan(x) = a b -\dfrac{a}{b} , find a+b


The answer is 10.

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2 solutions

Tanishq Varshney
Mar 18, 2015

t a n 2 x 3 + 1 7 = 2 t a n x + 1 + t a n 2 x 10 \frac{tan^{2}x}{3}+\frac{1}{7}=\frac{-2tanx+1+tan^{2}x}{10}

= 49 t a n 2 x + 42 t a n x + 9 = 0 =49tan^{2}x+42tanx+9=0

( 7 t a n x + 3 ) 2 = 0 (7tanx+3)^{2}=0

t a n x = 3 7 tanx=- \frac{3}{7}

Rearranging the two sides of the equation, noting that sin 2 x = 2 sin x cos x \sin 2x = 2 \sin x \cos x

7 sin 2 x 30 + sin x cos x 5 + 3 cos 2 x 70 = 0 \displaystyle\frac{7\sin^2 x}{30}+\displaystyle\frac{\sin x \cos x}{5} +\displaystyle\frac{3\cos^2 x}{70} = 0

7 sin 2 x 30 + sin x cos x 5 + cos 2 x 7 1 10 = 0 \Leftrightarrow \displaystyle\frac{7\sin^2 x}{30}+\displaystyle\frac{\sin x \cos x}{5} +\displaystyle\frac{\cos^2 x}{7} - \displaystyle\frac{1}{10} = 0

As cos x = 0 \cos x = 0 doesn't satisfy the equation, divide both sides by cos 2 x 210 \displaystyle\frac{\cos^2 x}{210} gives us:

49 tan 2 x + 42 tan x + 9 = 0 49 \tan^2 x + 42 \tan x + 9 = 0 , or: ( 7 tan x ) 2 + 2 × 3 × 7 tan x + 3 2 = 0 (7\tan x)^2 + 2\times 3 \times 7\tan x + 3^2 = 0

( 7 tan x + 3 ) 2 = 0 \Leftrightarrow (7\tan x + 3)^2 = 0

tan x = 3 7 \Leftrightarrow \tan x = \displaystyle\frac{3}{7}

So, a + b = 3 + 7 = 10 a+b=3+7=\boxed{10}

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