lo g 2 4 sin x ( 2 4 cos x ) = 2 3
Suppose x is in the interval [ 0 , π / 2 ] and satisfy the equation above , find 2 4 cot 2 x .
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The trick lied in the factorisation.
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how do you factorise though? im not very familiar with this kind of factorisation
sin ( x ) = 3 1 ⇒ csc ( x ) = 3 ⇒ cot 2 ( x ) = csc 2 ( x ) − 1 = 3 2 − 1 = 8
Follow Brian's solution up to sin(x) = 1/3. Therefore, 24sin(x)^3 = 24cos(x)^2. Divide by 24sin(x)^2 to get 24sin(x) = cot(x)^2, which in turn leads to 24cot(x)^2 = 24x24x1/3 = 192.
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This equation can be written as
( 2 4 sin ( x ) ) 2 3 = 2 4 cos ( x ) ⟹ ( 2 4 sin ( x ) ) 3 = ( 2 4 cos ( x ) ) 2
⟹ 2 4 sin 3 ( x ) = cos 2 ( x ) = 1 − sin 2 ( x )
⟹ 2 4 sin 3 ( x ) + sin 2 ( x ) − 1 = 0
⟹ ( 3 sin ( x ) − 1 ) ( 8 sin 2 ( x ) + 3 sin ( x ) + 1 ) = 0 .
Since there are no real roots for the quadratic, the only solution is sin ( x ) = 3 1 .
This gives us that cos ( x ) = ± 3 2 2 and thus cot 2 ( x ) = 8 .
So the desired solution is 2 4 ∗ 8 = 1 9 2 .