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Grade 11Trigonometry

Find the principal solution of sin theta = sin2 theta

Profile image of Sai Prasad Lenka
6 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

Expand rhs as 2 sin( theta) cos ( theta)

Now eqn is cos(theta) = 1/2

Or sin (theta ) = 0

Principal solutions 0, 60, 180, 300, 360

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Profile image of Arun
6 Years ago
 
Dear student
 
sin x = sin 2x
 
sin x = 2 sin x cos x
 
sin x ( 1 – 2 cos x) = 0
 
sin x = 0
or cos x = ½
 
hence x = 0, pi
or x = 330