Mistakes give rise to Problems- 11

Geometry Level 4

In maths we see the following property for multiplication of numbers, a ( b × c ) = b × a ( c ) \color{#20A900}{a(b\times c) = b\times a(c)}

But if you do that here, sin ( 3 × a ) = 3 × sin ( a ) \sin (3\times a) = 3\times \sin (a) then it will be a Big Mistake !!! \color{#D61F06}{\textbf{Big Mistake !!!}}


But for how many angles a \color{#3D99F6}{a} such that 100 a 100 -100\leq a \leq 100 , is the above said "false" property seen to be "true" ?


Details and assumptions :-

Angle measuring a \color{#3D99F6}{a} is actually measuring " a \color{#3D99F6}{a} radians"


This problem is a part of my set Mistakes Give Rise to Problems


The answer is 63.

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2 solutions

Aditya Raut
Jul 31, 2014

We have the formula sin ( 3 a ) = 3 sin ( a ) 4 sin 3 ( a ) \sin(3a) = 3\sin (a) - 4\sin^3 (a)

Hence asked property is true if and only if 4 sin 3 ( a ) = 0 4\sin^3 (a)=0 , i.e. sin ( a ) = 0 \sin(a)=0 .

This is true is a = n π a= n\pi where n Z n\in \mathbb{Z}

As we know

100 π = 31 \displaystyle \lfloor \dfrac{100}{\pi} \rfloor = 31 ,

There are 31 multiples if π \pi in ( 0 , 100 ] (0,100] and hence 31 31 multiples in [ 100 , 0 ) [-100,0) and the cases when a = 0 × π a=0\times \pi ,

so there are 63 \boxed{63} such angles.

Many people forget the 0 case.

akhilesh agrawal - 6 years, 10 months ago

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Yeah buddy! Whoa this got level 5, so did the part 12 ;)

Aditya Raut - 6 years, 10 months ago

Is it level 4 problem? Every one did the same straight forward way. I first did not read that a was in radians.

Niranjan Khanderia - 6 years, 10 months ago

Nice question!!

Puneet Pinku - 4 years, 10 months ago

I did it by exactly the same way.....

Pranit Bavishi - 6 years, 10 months ago

THIS OBVIOUSLY REQUIRES A CALCULATOR

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 10 months ago

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No. Don't you know that π 3.14159 \pi \approx 3.14159 ? Can't you divide 100 by 3.14 to get 31.84 31.84 by hand ?

Aditya Raut - 6 years, 10 months ago

π 22 7 \pi\approx \frac{22}{7} , so it is enough to multiply 100 100 by 7 22 \frac{7}{22} , which is 700 22 \frac{700}{22} . Now you can use long division.

mathh mathh - 6 years, 10 months ago

@AdityaRaut What would you do if the coefficient of a a were a number other than three, a big number?

Pratik Shastri - 6 years, 10 months ago

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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 \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 a=n\pi

Aditya Raut - 6 years, 10 months ago

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Yeah..though i was thinking about a graphical approach..

Pratik Shastri - 6 years, 10 months ago

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@Pratik Shastri Had the same idea...

Mateus Gonzalez - 6 years, 10 months ago

@Pratik Shastri Perfect, that will be the best....

Aditya Raut - 6 years, 10 months ago

@Pratik Shastri That would be difficult, since there are 63 intersections.

Niranjan Khanderia - 6 years, 10 months ago

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@Niranjan Khanderia No, we'll just use graphs to show that the intersections are at n π n\pi and further, you can find how many multiples of π \pi are there ;)

Aditya Raut - 6 years, 10 months ago

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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