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sin(θ)cos(θ)-1/2 cos(θ)=0

Solution

sin (θ) cos (θ) - \frac{1}{2} cos (θ) = 0

Solution

θ = \frac{π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{3 π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{π}{6} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{5 π}{6} + 2 πn

+1

Degrees

θ = 9 0^{\circ} + 36 0^{\circ} n, θ = 27 0^{\circ} + 36 0^{\circ} n, θ = 3 0^{\circ} + 36 0^{\circ} n, θ = 15 0^{\circ} + 36 0^{\circ} n

Solution steps

sin (θ) cos (θ) - \frac{1}{2} cos (θ) = 0

Factor

sin (θ) cos (θ) - \frac{1}{2} cos (θ) : cos (θ) (sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2})

sin (θ) cos (θ) - \frac{1}{2} cos (θ)

Factor out common term

cos (θ)

= cos (θ) (sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2})

cos (θ) (sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2}) = 0

Solving each part separately

cos (θ) = 0 or sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2} = 0

cos (θ) = 0 : θ = \frac{π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{3 π}{2} + 2 πn

cos (θ) = 0

General solutions for

cos (θ) = 0

cos (x)

periodicity table with

2 πn

cycle:

x 0 \frac{π}{6} \frac{π}{4} \frac{π}{3} \frac{π}{2} \frac{2 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{4} \frac{5 π}{6} cos (x) 1 \frac{3}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{1}{2} 0 - \frac{1}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{3}{2} x π \frac{7 π}{6} \frac{5 π}{4} \frac{4 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{2} \frac{5 π}{3} \frac{7 π}{4} \frac{11 π}{6} cos (x) - 1 - \frac{3}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{1}{2} 0 \frac{1}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{3}{2}

θ = \frac{π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{3 π}{2} + 2 πn

θ = \frac{π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{3 π}{2} + 2 πn

sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2} = 0 : θ = \frac{π}{6} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{5 π}{6} + 2 πn

sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2} = 0

Move

\frac{1}{2}

to the right side

sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2} = 0

Add

\frac{1}{2}

to both sides

sin (θ) - \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{2} = 0 + \frac{1}{2}

Simplify

sin (θ) = \frac{1}{2}

sin (θ) = \frac{1}{2}

General solutions for

sin (θ) = \frac{1}{2}

sin (x)

periodicity table with

2 πn

cycle:

x 0 \frac{π}{6} \frac{π}{4} \frac{π}{3} \frac{π}{2} \frac{2 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{4} \frac{5 π}{6} sin (x) 0 \frac{1}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{3}{2} 1 \frac{3}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{1}{2} x π \frac{7 π}{6} \frac{5 π}{4} \frac{4 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{2} \frac{5 π}{3} \frac{7 π}{4} \frac{11 π}{6} sin (x) 0 - \frac{1}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{3}{2} - 1 - \frac{3}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{1}{2}

θ = \frac{π}{6} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{5 π}{6} + 2 πn

θ = \frac{π}{6} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{5 π}{6} + 2 πn

Combine all the solutions

θ = \frac{π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{3 π}{2} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{π}{6} + 2 πn, θ = \frac{5 π}{6} + 2 πn

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