Trigonometric Equations

3.10 and Inequalities

Practice Set 1

Problems 1 − 8, Find all solutions of each equation.

3 2. 2 cos 𝜃𝜃 − 3 =0
1. sin 𝜃𝜃 = −
2

3. tan 𝜃𝜃 + 1 = 0 4. 1 − sin 𝜃𝜃 =
1
2

5. 3 + 2 sin 𝜃𝜃 = 2 6. 3 tan 𝜃𝜃 + 1 = 0

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7. 3 tan 𝑥𝑥 + 1 cos 𝑥𝑥 − 1 = 0 8. (tan 𝑥𝑥 − 1)(sin 𝑥𝑥 − 1) = 0

Problems 9 − 12, Use a graphing utility to solve each equation on [ 0, 2𝜋𝜋).

Round answers to two decimal places.

9. sin 𝑥𝑥 = 0.2 10. 4 tan 𝑥𝑥 + 2 = 0

11. 5 cos 𝑥𝑥 = 2 12. cos 𝑥𝑥 = 2 sin 𝑥𝑥

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 Trigonometric Equations
3.10 and Inequalities
Practice Set 2

Problems 1 − 18, Solve each equation on the interval 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.

1. cos 𝑥𝑥 − 2 sin 𝑥𝑥 cos 𝑥𝑥 = 0 2. tan2 𝑥𝑥 cos 𝑥𝑥 = tan2 𝑥𝑥

3. sin 𝑥𝑥 + 2 sin 𝑥𝑥 cos 𝑥𝑥 = 0 4. cos 2𝜃𝜃 + 3 = 5 cos 𝜃𝜃

5. 2 cos 2 𝜃𝜃 − 7 cos 𝜃𝜃 − 4 = 0 6. (tan 𝑥𝑥 − 1)(sin 𝑥𝑥 − 1) = 0

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7. 1 − cos 𝜃𝜃 = 8. 4 cos2 𝜃𝜃 = 1
2

9. 3 tan 𝑥𝑥 + 1 = 0 10. 4 sin2 𝜃𝜃 − 3 = 0

11. 2 sin2 𝜃𝜃 − sin 𝜃𝜃 − 1 = 0 12. 2 cos2 𝜃𝜃 + cos 𝜃𝜃 = 0

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13. cos 2𝜃𝜃 = −
1 14. tan(2𝜃𝜃) = −1
2

𝜃𝜃 3 𝜃𝜃
15. sin = 16. tan 2
= 3
2 2

𝜋𝜋 𝜋𝜋
17. cos 2𝜃𝜃 − 2
= −1 18. sin 3𝜃𝜃 + 6
=1

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 Trigonometric Equations
3.10 and Inequalities
Practice Set 3

Problems 1 − 10, Use a graphing utility to solve each equation on 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.

Round answers to two decimal places.

1. 𝑥𝑥 + 5 cos 𝑥𝑥 = 0 2. 𝑥𝑥 2 + 3 sin 𝑥𝑥 = 0

3. sin 𝑥𝑥 − cos 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑥𝑥 4. 𝑥𝑥 2 = 𝑥𝑥 + 3 cos 2𝑥𝑥

Problems 5-10, Find all values of x on 0 ≤ 𝑥𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋𝜋 that satisfy the inequality.

5. sin 𝑥𝑥 > cos 𝑥𝑥 6. tan 𝑥𝑥 ≥ 1

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7. 1 + sin 𝑥𝑥 > 3 cos 𝑥𝑥 1
8. sin 𝑥𝑥 + 4 ≤ 0

9. 3 sin 𝑥𝑥 − 1 > 0 10.

cos 𝑥𝑥 −1
>0
tan 𝑥𝑥

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Problems 11- 13, Solve each question.

𝑥𝑥
11. Graph 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 = 2 cos + 3 and 𝑔𝑔 𝑥𝑥 = 4 on the same coordinate plane for the interval [0, 4𝜋𝜋] .
2

A. Solve for 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) on the interval.

B. Solve for 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 < 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) on the interval.

12. Graph 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 = 2 sin 𝑥𝑥 and 𝑔𝑔 𝑥𝑥 = −2 sin 𝑥𝑥 + 2 on the interval [0, 𝜋𝜋].

A. Solve for 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) on the interval.

B. Solve for 𝑓𝑓 𝑥𝑥 > 𝑔𝑔(𝑥𝑥) on the interval.

C. Shade the region found in part B on

the graph.

13. The monthly profits P (in thousands of dollars) of jet skis are approximated by the function
𝜋𝜋
𝑃𝑃 𝑡𝑡 = 75.50 − 42.75 cos 𝑡𝑡
6
where t is the time (in months) with 𝑡𝑡 = 1 corresponding to January. Determine the months
during which profits are $100,000 or more.

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