Pre-Calculus Honors Solving Trig Equations Supplement to chapter 5

Verify that the x-values are solutions of the equation.

π 5π π 5π
1. 2 cosx−1=0 A . x = B.x= 2. cscx−2=0 A . x= B . x=
3 3 6 6
2 π 5π 2 π 7π
3. 3 tan ( 2 x )−1=0 A . x= B . x= 4. 4 cos ( 2 x ) −2=0 A . x= B . x=
12 12 8 8
2 4π 4 2 2π 5π
5. 2 cos x+ 3 cosx +1=0 A . x= B . x=π 6. sec x−3 sec x−4=0 A . x= B . x=
3 3 3
Solve the equation for x ∈ ¿.

7. 2 cosx+1=0 8. √ 2 sinx+1=0 9. √ 3 secx−2=0 10. cotx+ 1=0

11. 3 csc 2 x−4=0 12. csc 2 x−2=0 13. 2 sin2 (2 x)=1 14. tan 2 ( 3 x )=3

15. 4 cos2 x−3=0 16. cos x (cosx−1)=0 17. sin2 x=3 cos 2 x

18. (tan ⁡(3 x )) ( tanx−1 ) =0 19. (3 tan2 x−1) ( tan2 x−3 ) =0 20. cos ⁡(2 x) ( 2 cosx +1 )=0

Find all solutions of the equation algebraically.

21. cos 3 x=cosx 22. 2

tan x−1=0 23. 3 tan 3 x=tanx 24. 2 sin2 x =2+cosx

− √3
25. sec 2 x−secx=2 26. sec xcscx=2 cscx 27. 2 sin x+ cscx=0 28. sin 2 x=
2
x √2
29. csc x +cotx=1 30. tan ⁡(3 x)=0 31. cos = 32. sec ⁡(4 x)=2
2 2
1+ cos x
33. =0 34. 2 sin2 x +3 sinx+1=0 35. 2 sec 2 x+ tan2 x−3=0
1−cosx
36. cosx + sinxtanx=2 37. sec 2 x +tanx=3 38. csc 2 x−4 cotx=−2

Answers

2π 4 π 5π 7 π π 11 π 3π 7 π π 2 π 4 π 5π π 3 π 5π 7 π
7. , 8. , 9. , 10. , 11. , , , 12. , , ,
3 3 4 4 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4

π 3 π 5 π 7 π 9 π 11 π 13 π 15 π π 2 π 4 π 5 π 7 π 8 π 10 π 11 π 13 π 14 π 16 π 17 π
13. , , , , , , , 14. , , , , , , , , , , ,
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

π 5 π 7 π 11 π π 3π π 2 π 4 π 5π π 2 π 4 π 5π π 5π
15. , , , 16. 0 , , 17. , , , 18. , , , , ,
6 6 6 6 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4

π π 2 π 5 π 7 π 4 π 5 π 11 π π 3 π 5π 7 π π 4 π π
19. , , , , , , , 20. , , , , , 21. + πn , πn 22.
6 3 3 6 6 3 3 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 2
π 3π
+ πn , + πn
4 4

π 5π π 2π 4π π 5π
23. πn , + πn , + πn 24. + πn , +2 πn , +2 πn 25. +2 πn , +2 πn , π +2 πn
6 6 2 3 3 3 3
 π 5π 7π 11 π π πn
26. + πn , + πn 27. No solution 28. + πn , + πn 29. +2 πn 30.
3 3 12 12 2 3

π 7π π πn 5 π πn 7π 11π 3π
31. + 4 πn , + 4 πn 32. + , + 33. πn 34. +2 πn , +2 πn , +2 πn
2 2 12 2 12 2 6 6 2

35.
π
6
+ πn ,
5π
6
+ πn 36.
π
3
+2 πn ,
5π
3
+2 πn 37.
π
4
+ πn , arctan (−2 ) + πn 38.
π
4 ()
+ πn , arctan
1
3
+ πn