Solving $2sinthetacostheta + sintheta = 0$
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The question is to solve the following question in the range $-pi le theta le pi$
$$2sinthetacostheta + sintheta = 0$$
I missed the obvious sin factorisation so proceeded as below. I see the correct solutions should be $pm2/3pi$ and the values when $sintheta = 0$. Although I missed the early factorisation I don't know what I'm doing to actually arrive at an incorrect answer:
$$begin{align}
2sinthetacostheta + sintheta &= 0 qquadtext{(square)} tag{1} \
4sin^2thetacos^2theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{2}\
4sin^2theta(1-sin^2theta) + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{3} \
4sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{4} \
5sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta &= 0 tag{5}
end{align}$$
and then solving by substitution/the quadratic equation I get $sintheta = pmsqrt(5)/2$ and $0$ but as this out of bounds for sin so cannot be the answer.
I know using Symbolab that this solution is correct for the quadratic I've generated, so I must be going wrong somewhere above after missing that factoristion. I feel like it is in the squaring step but not sure what would be wrong here...
Thanks a lot for your help.
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The question is to solve the following question in the range $-pi le theta le pi$
$$2sinthetacostheta + sintheta = 0$$
I missed the obvious sin factorisation so proceeded as below. I see the correct solutions should be $pm2/3pi$ and the values when $sintheta = 0$. Although I missed the early factorisation I don't know what I'm doing to actually arrive at an incorrect answer:
$$begin{align}
2sinthetacostheta + sintheta &= 0 qquadtext{(square)} tag{1} \
4sin^2thetacos^2theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{2}\
4sin^2theta(1-sin^2theta) + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{3} \
4sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{4} \
5sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta &= 0 tag{5}
end{align}$$
and then solving by substitution/the quadratic equation I get $sintheta = pmsqrt(5)/2$ and $0$ but as this out of bounds for sin so cannot be the answer.
I know using Symbolab that this solution is correct for the quadratic I've generated, so I must be going wrong somewhere above after missing that factoristion. I feel like it is in the squaring step but not sure what would be wrong here...
Thanks a lot for your help.
trigonometry
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How did you square?
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The question is to solve the following question in the range $-pi le theta le pi$
$$2sinthetacostheta + sintheta = 0$$
I missed the obvious sin factorisation so proceeded as below. I see the correct solutions should be $pm2/3pi$ and the values when $sintheta = 0$. Although I missed the early factorisation I don't know what I'm doing to actually arrive at an incorrect answer:
$$begin{align}
2sinthetacostheta + sintheta &= 0 qquadtext{(square)} tag{1} \
4sin^2thetacos^2theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{2}\
4sin^2theta(1-sin^2theta) + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{3} \
4sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{4} \
5sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta &= 0 tag{5}
end{align}$$
and then solving by substitution/the quadratic equation I get $sintheta = pmsqrt(5)/2$ and $0$ but as this out of bounds for sin so cannot be the answer.
I know using Symbolab that this solution is correct for the quadratic I've generated, so I must be going wrong somewhere above after missing that factoristion. I feel like it is in the squaring step but not sure what would be wrong here...
Thanks a lot for your help.
trigonometry
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The question is to solve the following question in the range $-pi le theta le pi$
$$2sinthetacostheta + sintheta = 0$$
I missed the obvious sin factorisation so proceeded as below. I see the correct solutions should be $pm2/3pi$ and the values when $sintheta = 0$. Although I missed the early factorisation I don't know what I'm doing to actually arrive at an incorrect answer:
$$begin{align}
2sinthetacostheta + sintheta &= 0 qquadtext{(square)} tag{1} \
4sin^2thetacos^2theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{2}\
4sin^2theta(1-sin^2theta) + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{3} \
4sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta + sin^2theta &= 0 tag{4} \
5sin^2theta - 4sin^4theta &= 0 tag{5}
end{align}$$
and then solving by substitution/the quadratic equation I get $sintheta = pmsqrt(5)/2$ and $0$ but as this out of bounds for sin so cannot be the answer.
I know using Symbolab that this solution is correct for the quadratic I've generated, so I must be going wrong somewhere above after missing that factoristion. I feel like it is in the squaring step but not sure what would be wrong here...
Thanks a lot for your help.
trigonometry
trigonometry
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From your first line to your second you did not square correctly. If you are squaring the equation you missed the cross term $4sin^2 theta cos theta$. If you took the $sin theta$ to the other side before squaring to avoid the cross term, when you brought it back the $sin^2 theta$ should have a minus sign.
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Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
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– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
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The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
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– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
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Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
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– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
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I'll start by graphing this function x-axis is $theta / pi $ which shows the function is zero at 5 points.
begin{align}
2 cdot sin(theta)cos(theta) + sin(theta) & = 0 \
sin(theta) cdot (2cdotcos(theta)+1) & = 0
end{align}
So either $sin(theta) = 0$ or $2cdotcos(theta)+1 = 0 Rightarrow cos(theta) =
-0.5$
Considering each of these cases then $theta$ is $-pi$, $-dfrac{2}{3}pi$, $0$, $dfrac{2}{3}pi$ or $pi$
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For $-pileqthetaleqpi$:
begin{align*}
2sin{theta}cos{theta}+sin{theta}&=0 \
sin{theta}big(2cos{theta}+1big)&=0 \
end{align*}
Thus, $sin{theta}=0$ or $2cos{theta}+1=0$ .
- If $sin{theta}=0$, then $thetain{-pi,0,pi}$ .
- If $2cos{theta}+1=0$, then $cos{theta}=-1/2<0$, then $thetain(-pi,-pi/2)cup(pi/2,pi)$ and thus $thetain{-2pi/3,2pi/3}$
The solution is $thetainbigg{-pi,-dfrac{2pi}{3},0,dfrac{2pi}{3},pibigg}$ .
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From your first line to your second you did not square correctly. If you are squaring the equation you missed the cross term $4sin^2 theta cos theta$. If you took the $sin theta$ to the other side before squaring to avoid the cross term, when you brought it back the $sin^2 theta$ should have a minus sign.
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Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
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– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
1
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
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– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
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Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
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– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
add a comment |
$begingroup$
From your first line to your second you did not square correctly. If you are squaring the equation you missed the cross term $4sin^2 theta cos theta$. If you took the $sin theta$ to the other side before squaring to avoid the cross term, when you brought it back the $sin^2 theta$ should have a minus sign.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
1
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
$begingroup$
Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
add a comment |
$begingroup$
From your first line to your second you did not square correctly. If you are squaring the equation you missed the cross term $4sin^2 theta cos theta$. If you took the $sin theta$ to the other side before squaring to avoid the cross term, when you brought it back the $sin^2 theta$ should have a minus sign.
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From your first line to your second you did not square correctly. If you are squaring the equation you missed the cross term $4sin^2 theta cos theta$. If you took the $sin theta$ to the other side before squaring to avoid the cross term, when you brought it back the $sin^2 theta$ should have a minus sign.
answered Feb 1 at 15:08


Ross MillikanRoss Millikan
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Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
1
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
$begingroup$
Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
1
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
$begingroup$
Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
$begingroup$
Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
$begingroup$
Hi Ross thanks a lot for your solution that's great, I've been getting those wrong all day. One question is that using your latter suggestion and coming to an answer of $3sin^2 - 4sin^4 = 0$ this gives a solution of $sqrt(3)/2$ which through arcsin gives 60 degrees, rather than 120, so still not sure where I am going wrong. Thanks a lot.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 1 at 15:47
1
1
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
$begingroup$
The arcsine is defined in the range $[-90^circ,90^circ]$ to make it a function. You know you need some angle that has a sine of $frac {sqrt 3}2$. Both $60^circ$ and $120^circ$ satisfy that. You introduced $60^circ$ as an extraneous solution with your square. The usual thing of plugging back into the original equation will tell you which is correct. Here you need the cosine to be negative, which tells you that the solution has to be in the second quadrant.
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
Feb 1 at 15:51
$begingroup$
Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
$begingroup$
Thanks a lot for your help Ross, that was incredibly useful.
$endgroup$
– Joseph
Feb 15 at 18:13
add a comment |
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I'll start by graphing this function x-axis is $theta / pi $ which shows the function is zero at 5 points.
begin{align}
2 cdot sin(theta)cos(theta) + sin(theta) & = 0 \
sin(theta) cdot (2cdotcos(theta)+1) & = 0
end{align}
So either $sin(theta) = 0$ or $2cdotcos(theta)+1 = 0 Rightarrow cos(theta) =
-0.5$
Considering each of these cases then $theta$ is $-pi$, $-dfrac{2}{3}pi$, $0$, $dfrac{2}{3}pi$ or $pi$
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add a comment |
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I'll start by graphing this function x-axis is $theta / pi $ which shows the function is zero at 5 points.
begin{align}
2 cdot sin(theta)cos(theta) + sin(theta) & = 0 \
sin(theta) cdot (2cdotcos(theta)+1) & = 0
end{align}
So either $sin(theta) = 0$ or $2cdotcos(theta)+1 = 0 Rightarrow cos(theta) =
-0.5$
Considering each of these cases then $theta$ is $-pi$, $-dfrac{2}{3}pi$, $0$, $dfrac{2}{3}pi$ or $pi$
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
I'll start by graphing this function x-axis is $theta / pi $ which shows the function is zero at 5 points.
begin{align}
2 cdot sin(theta)cos(theta) + sin(theta) & = 0 \
sin(theta) cdot (2cdotcos(theta)+1) & = 0
end{align}
So either $sin(theta) = 0$ or $2cdotcos(theta)+1 = 0 Rightarrow cos(theta) =
-0.5$
Considering each of these cases then $theta$ is $-pi$, $-dfrac{2}{3}pi$, $0$, $dfrac{2}{3}pi$ or $pi$
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I'll start by graphing this function x-axis is $theta / pi $ which shows the function is zero at 5 points.
begin{align}
2 cdot sin(theta)cos(theta) + sin(theta) & = 0 \
sin(theta) cdot (2cdotcos(theta)+1) & = 0
end{align}
So either $sin(theta) = 0$ or $2cdotcos(theta)+1 = 0 Rightarrow cos(theta) =
-0.5$
Considering each of these cases then $theta$ is $-pi$, $-dfrac{2}{3}pi$, $0$, $dfrac{2}{3}pi$ or $pi$
answered Feb 1 at 16:16


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For $-pileqthetaleqpi$:
begin{align*}
2sin{theta}cos{theta}+sin{theta}&=0 \
sin{theta}big(2cos{theta}+1big)&=0 \
end{align*}
Thus, $sin{theta}=0$ or $2cos{theta}+1=0$ .
- If $sin{theta}=0$, then $thetain{-pi,0,pi}$ .
- If $2cos{theta}+1=0$, then $cos{theta}=-1/2<0$, then $thetain(-pi,-pi/2)cup(pi/2,pi)$ and thus $thetain{-2pi/3,2pi/3}$
The solution is $thetainbigg{-pi,-dfrac{2pi}{3},0,dfrac{2pi}{3},pibigg}$ .
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For $-pileqthetaleqpi$:
begin{align*}
2sin{theta}cos{theta}+sin{theta}&=0 \
sin{theta}big(2cos{theta}+1big)&=0 \
end{align*}
Thus, $sin{theta}=0$ or $2cos{theta}+1=0$ .
- If $sin{theta}=0$, then $thetain{-pi,0,pi}$ .
- If $2cos{theta}+1=0$, then $cos{theta}=-1/2<0$, then $thetain(-pi,-pi/2)cup(pi/2,pi)$ and thus $thetain{-2pi/3,2pi/3}$
The solution is $thetainbigg{-pi,-dfrac{2pi}{3},0,dfrac{2pi}{3},pibigg}$ .
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
For $-pileqthetaleqpi$:
begin{align*}
2sin{theta}cos{theta}+sin{theta}&=0 \
sin{theta}big(2cos{theta}+1big)&=0 \
end{align*}
Thus, $sin{theta}=0$ or $2cos{theta}+1=0$ .
- If $sin{theta}=0$, then $thetain{-pi,0,pi}$ .
- If $2cos{theta}+1=0$, then $cos{theta}=-1/2<0$, then $thetain(-pi,-pi/2)cup(pi/2,pi)$ and thus $thetain{-2pi/3,2pi/3}$
The solution is $thetainbigg{-pi,-dfrac{2pi}{3},0,dfrac{2pi}{3},pibigg}$ .
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For $-pileqthetaleqpi$:
begin{align*}
2sin{theta}cos{theta}+sin{theta}&=0 \
sin{theta}big(2cos{theta}+1big)&=0 \
end{align*}
Thus, $sin{theta}=0$ or $2cos{theta}+1=0$ .
- If $sin{theta}=0$, then $thetain{-pi,0,pi}$ .
- If $2cos{theta}+1=0$, then $cos{theta}=-1/2<0$, then $thetain(-pi,-pi/2)cup(pi/2,pi)$ and thus $thetain{-2pi/3,2pi/3}$
The solution is $thetainbigg{-pi,-dfrac{2pi}{3},0,dfrac{2pi}{3},pibigg}$ .
edited Feb 2 at 5:06
answered Feb 1 at 15:14


El boritoEl borito
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