Trigonometry (11th Edition)
Trigonometry (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134217437
Author: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
Publisher: PEARSON
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Please help me solve the given trigonometric equation.

cos(4x)-3cos(2x)-4 for xe [0.2π]
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Consider the given equation and replace the term cos(4x) using double angle trigonometric identity. We use, cos(4x) = 2cos2(2 x) – 1. This will help us have the entire equation in the form of cos(2x). We get:

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We now have a quadratic equation in terms of cos(2x). Hence, we can first solve for cos(2 x), by solving the equation using factoring.

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Solving further we get:

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