Monday, July 21, 2014

Find the solution of the equation sin^2 2x - 2sin 4x+3cos^2 2x = 0

First, we'll use the double angle identity to re-write the
middle term.


sin 4x = sin 2(2x) = 2sin 2x*cos
2x


We'll re-write the
equation:


(sin 2x)^2 - 4 sin 2x*cos 2x + 3(cos 2x)^2 =
0


We'll divide by (cos 2x)^2 the
equation:


(tan 2x)^2 - 4 tan 2x + 3 =
0


We'll substitute tan 2x by
t.


We'll re-write the
equation:


t^2 - 4t + 3 =
0


We'll apply quadratic
formula:


t1 = [4+sqrt(16 -
12)]/2


t1 = (4+2)/2


t1 =
3


t2 = 1


We'll put tan 2x = t1
=> tan 2x = 1 => 2x = arctan1 + k*pi


2x =
pi/4 + k*pi


We'll divide by
2:


x = pi/8 + k*pi/2


Let tan
2x = t2 => tan 2x = 3 => 2x = arctan3 +
k*pi


x = [arctan(3)]/2 +
k*pi/2


The requested solutions of the
equation are: {pi/8 + k*pi/2 / k integer number}U{[arctan(3)]/2 + k*pi/2 / k integer
number}.

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