BASIC

TRIGONOMETRIC
EQUATIONS

Fidan Alisultanova
Definition
Example 1

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥= √ 2
2
=

𝝅
𝒙 =± +𝟐 𝝅 𝒌 (𝒌 ∈ 𝒁)
𝟒
 What if you need to find specific
solutions in interval [0, 2 ] ?
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥=
√2 𝒙 =±
𝝅
+𝟐 𝝅 𝒌 (𝒌 ∈ 𝒁)
2 𝟒

plug in k!
𝝅 𝝅 𝑥1=−
𝝅 𝝅
𝑘= 0 𝑥= ± +𝟐 𝝅 × 𝟎=± 𝟒 𝑥2 =
𝟒 𝟒 𝟒

𝝅 −𝟗 𝝅
𝑥3 =− −𝟐 𝝅=
𝟒 𝟒
𝝅 𝝅
𝑘=− 1 𝑥=± +𝟐 𝝅 × −1=± −𝟐 𝝅
𝟒 𝟒 𝝅 −𝟕𝝅
𝑥 4= −𝟐 𝝅 =
𝟒 𝟒
𝝅 𝟕𝝅
𝝅 𝝅 𝑥5 =− +𝟐 𝝅=
𝑘=1 𝑥=± +𝟐 𝝅 ×1=± +𝟐 𝝅 𝟒 𝟒
𝟒 𝟒
𝝅 𝟗𝝅
𝑥7 = +𝟐 𝝅=
𝟒 𝟒
Example 2

1
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥=−
2
−𝟏
𝟏 𝟏 𝝅 𝟐𝝅
𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒔 − 𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝑶𝑺 − =𝝅 − =
𝟐 𝟐 𝟑 𝟑
𝟐𝝅
𝒙=± +𝟐 𝝅 𝒌 (𝒌 ∈ 𝒁 )
𝟑

Task: find solutions in interval

2𝜋 4 𝜋
𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 : ;
3 3
Example 2

(
cos 𝑥+
𝜋
4)=− 1

𝜋
𝑥+ =𝜋 +2 𝜋 𝑘 ,(𝑘 ∈ 𝑍 )
4

𝟑𝝅
𝒙= +𝟐 𝝅 𝒌 , (𝒌 ∈ 𝒁 )
𝟒
 Practice:

find all the solutions in the interval

Example 1
(
tan 𝑥 −
𝜋
6
=√ 3 )
𝝅
𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏 √ 𝟑 𝐨𝐫 𝒕𝒂𝒏 √ 𝟑=
−𝟏
𝟑
𝜋 𝜋
𝑥 − = + 𝜋 𝑘,(𝑘 ∈ 𝑍 )
6 3
𝜋 𝜋
𝑥= + + 𝜋 𝑘
3 6
𝝅
𝒙= +𝝅 𝒌
𝟐
Task: Find all solutions in interval
Example 2
𝑐𝑜𝑡 3 𝑥=−1
−𝟏 𝟑𝝅
𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒕 ( − 𝟏 ) 𝐨𝐫 𝒄𝒐𝒕 ( −𝟏 )=
𝟒
3𝜋
3 𝑥= +𝜋 𝑘
4
𝝅 𝝅𝒌
𝒙= +
𝟒 𝟑

Task: Find all solutions in interval

 Practice

■ Find all solutions in interval [0,4