Consider the system of equations given by
{ cos x + 5 cos y − 4 sin x + 2 sin y = 1 2 cos x + cos y + 3 sin x + 8 sin y = 2
Find all the solutions ( x i , y i ) , and enter the sum S , where S = i ∑ ( x i + y i )
Note: It is assumed that both x and y lie in the interval [ 0 , 2 π ) .
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Got there by the same approach. I had to use numerical methods to solve for y - did you find a different way?
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No, I was unashamedly numerical. I guess you could try for ( cos y , sin y ) as the coordinates for where a number of different ellipses, like ( 9 X − 4 Y ) 2 + ( 1 1 − 1 9 X − 3 8 Y ) 2 = 1 2 1 meet the unit circle X 2 + Y 2 = 1 , but the numbers do not look encouraging.
As above used desmos graphing calculator.
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The equations can be written 1 1 sin x 1 1 cos x = 9 cos y − 4 sin y = 1 1 − 1 9 cos y − 3 8 sin y and hence we have the equation 1 2 1 = ( 9 cos y − 4 sin y ) 2 + ( 1 1 − 1 9 cos y − 3 8 sin y ) 2 which has 4 solutions in ( 0 , 2 π ) , namely y = 2 . 2 4 9 5 8 , 2 . 5 4 1 3 2 , 5 . 9 6 1 4 7 , 6 . 2 3 2 2 9 . Each value of y defines the values of cos x and sin x precisely, and hence gives a unique value for x in ( 0 , 2 π ) . These values are x = 4 . 0 6 3 4 5 , 5 . 2 0 6 1 5 , 1 . 0 9 9 9 5 , 2 . 1 5 2 3 3 respectively. Adding up the four values for y and the four values for x gives the answer 2 9 . 5 0 6 5 .