In maths we see the following property for multiplication of numbers, a ( b × c ) = b × a ( c )
But if you do that here, sin ( 3 × a ) = 3 × sin ( a ) then it will be a Big Mistake !!!
But for how many angles a such that − 1 0 0 ≤ a ≤ 1 0 0 , is the above said "false" property seen to be "true" ?
Details and assumptions :-
Angle measuring a is actually measuring " a radians"
This problem is a part of my set Mistakes Give Rise to Problems
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Many people forget the 0 case.
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Yeah buddy! Whoa this got level 5, so did the part 12 ;)
Is it level 4 problem? Every one did the same straight forward way. I first did not read that a was in radians.
Nice question!!
I did it by exactly the same way.....
THIS OBVIOUSLY REQUIRES A CALCULATOR
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No. Don't you know that π ≈ 3 . 1 4 1 5 9 ? Can't you divide 100 by 3.14 to get 3 1 . 8 4 by hand ?
π ≈ 7 2 2 , so it is enough to multiply 1 0 0 by 2 2 7 , which is 2 2 7 0 0 . Now you can use long division.
@AdityaRaut What would you do if the coefficient of a were a number other than three, a big number?
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I made this problem and i designed it to be the way i wanted it to be... But for the case you want to say, i don't think it will be much tough to prove, because sin function has range [-1,1] and then you will get larger co-efficients in RHS, though you can manage them the way you want, it won't be much difficult to bash out saying a = n π
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Yeah..though i was thinking about a graphical approach..
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@Pratik Shastri – Had the same idea...
@Pratik Shastri – Perfect, that will be the best....
@Pratik Shastri – That would be difficult, since there are 63 intersections.
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@Niranjan Khanderia – No, we'll just use graphs to show that the intersections are at n π and further, you can find how many multiples of π are there ;)
Let x = sin 3x , 3x = 3x - 4x^3. x = 0, therefore sinx = 0 one value of x = 0. The solution set of this becomes n*pi where n is an integer. if n =32, the value will be greater than 100. therefore, the values of n will be in the interval [-31,31] which will yield to 2(31) + 1 = 63 angles.
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We have the formula sin ( 3 a ) = 3 sin ( a ) − 4 sin 3 ( a )
Hence asked property is true if and only if 4 sin 3 ( a ) = 0 , i.e. sin ( a ) = 0 .
This is true is a = n π where n ∈ Z
As we know
⌊ π 1 0 0 ⌋ = 3 1 ,
There are 31 multiples if π in ( 0 , 1 0 0 ] and hence 3 1 multiples in [ − 1 0 0 , 0 ) and the cases when a = 0 × π ,
so there are 6 3 such angles.