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"query": {
"display": "$$\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin\\left(x\\right)=1$$",
"symbolab_question": "EQUATION#\\cos^{2}(x)-\\sin^{2}(x)+\\sin(x)=1"
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"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Trigonometry",
"topic": "Trig Equations",
"subTopic": "Trig Equations",
"default": "x=2πn,x=π+2πn,x=\\frac{π}{6}+2πn,x=\\frac{5π}{6}+2πn",
"degrees": "x=0^{\\circ }+360^{\\circ }n,x=180^{\\circ }+360^{\\circ }n,x=30^{\\circ }+360^{\\circ }n,x=150^{\\circ }+360^{\\circ }n",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin\\left(x\\right)=1{\\quad:\\quad}x=2πn,\\:x=π+2πn,\\:x=\\frac{π}{6}+2πn,\\:x=\\frac{5π}{6}+2πn$$",
"input": "\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin\\left(x\\right)=1",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract $$1$$ from both sides",
"result": "\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin\\left(x\\right)-1=0"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite using trig identities",
"input": "-1+\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)",
"result": "\\sin\\left(x\\right)-2\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)=0",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the Pythagorean identity: $$1=\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)+\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"secondary": [
"$$1-\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)=\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"$$-1+\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)=-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$"
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"result": "=\\sin\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=\\sin\\left(x\\right)-2\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Solve by substitution",
"input": "\\sin\\left(x\\right)-2\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)=0",
"result": "\\sin\\left(x\\right)=0,\\:\\sin\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{1}{2}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Let: $$\\sin\\left(x\\right)=u$$",
"result": "u-2u^{2}=0"
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"title": "$$u-2u^{2}=0{\\quad:\\quad}u=0,\\:u=\\frac{1}{2}$$",
"input": "u-2u^{2}=0",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Write in the standard form $$ax^{2}+bx+c=0$$",
"result": "-2u^{2}+u=0"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Solve with the quadratic formula",
"input": "-2u^{2}+u=0",
"result": "{u}_{1,\\:2}=\\frac{-1\\pm\\:\\sqrt{1^{2}-4\\left(-2\\right)\\cdot\\:0}}{2\\left(-2\\right)}",
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"text": "For a quadratic equation of the form $$ax^2+bx+c=0$$ the solutions are <br/>$${\\quad}x_{1,\\:2}=\\frac{-b\\pm\\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$$"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "For $${\\quad}a=-2,\\:b=1,\\:c=0$$",
"result": "{u}_{1,\\:2}=\\frac{-1\\pm\\:\\sqrt{1^{2}-4\\left(-2\\right)\\cdot\\:0}}{2\\left(-2\\right)}"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\sqrt{1^{2}-4\\left(-2\\right)\\cdot\\:0}=1$$",
"input": "\\sqrt{1^{2}-4\\left(-2\\right)\\cdot\\:0}",
"result": "{u}_{1,\\:2}=\\frac{-1\\pm\\:1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}",
"steps": [
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"primary": "Apply rule $$1^{a}=1$$",
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"result": "=\\sqrt{1-4\\left(-2\\right)\\cdot\\:0}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply rule $$-\\left(-a\\right)=a$$",
"result": "=\\sqrt{1+4\\cdot\\:2\\cdot\\:0}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply rule $$0\\cdot\\:a=0$$",
"result": "=\\sqrt{1+0}"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Add the numbers: $$1+0=1$$",
"result": "=\\sqrt{1}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply rule $$\\sqrt{1}=1$$",
"result": "=1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Separate the solutions",
"result": "{u}_{1}=\\frac{-1+1}{2\\left(-2\\right)},\\:{u}_{2}=\\frac{-1-1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}"
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"title": "$$u=\\frac{-1+1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}:{\\quad}0$$",
"input": "\\frac{-1+1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(-a\\right)=-a$$",
"result": "=\\frac{-1+1}{-2\\cdot\\:2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Add/Subtract the numbers: $$-1+1=0$$",
"result": "=\\frac{0}{-2\\cdot\\:2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply the numbers: $$2\\cdot\\:2=4$$",
"result": "=\\frac{0}{-4}"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the fraction rule: $$\\frac{a}{-b}=-\\frac{a}{b}$$",
"result": "=-\\frac{0}{4}"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply rule $$\\frac{0}{a}=0,\\:a\\ne\\:0$$",
"result": "=-0"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=0"
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"title": "$$u=\\frac{-1-1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}:{\\quad}\\frac{1}{2}$$",
"input": "\\frac{-1-1}{2\\left(-2\\right)}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(-a\\right)=-a$$",
"result": "=\\frac{-1-1}{-2\\cdot\\:2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract the numbers: $$-1-1=-2$$",
"result": "=\\frac{-2}{-2\\cdot\\:2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply the numbers: $$2\\cdot\\:2=4$$",
"result": "=\\frac{-2}{-4}"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the fraction rule: $$\\frac{-a}{-b}=\\frac{a}{b}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{2}{4}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Cancel the common factor: $$2$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Substitute back $$u=\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "\\sin\\left(x\\right)=0,\\:\\sin\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{1}{2}"
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"title": "$$\\sin\\left(x\\right)=0{\\quad:\\quad}x=2πn,\\:x=π+2πn$$",
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"primary": "$$\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$ periodicity table with $$2πn$$ cycle:<br/>$$\\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\\hline x&\\sin(x)&x&\\sin(x)\\\\\\hline 0&0&π&0\\\\\\hline \\frac{π}{6}&\\frac{1}{2}&\\frac{7π}{6}&-\\frac{1}{2}\\\\\\hline \\frac{π}{4}&\\frac{\\sqrt{2}}{2}&\\frac{5π}{4}&-\\frac{\\sqrt{2}}{2}\\\\\\hline \\frac{π}{3}&\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}&\\frac{4π}{3}&-\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}\\\\\\hline \\frac{π}{2}&1&\\frac{3π}{2}&-1\\\\\\hline \\frac{2π}{3}&\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}&\\frac{5π}{3}&-\\frac{\\sqrt{3}}{2}\\\\\\hline \\frac{3π}{4}&\\frac{\\sqrt{2}}{2}&\\frac{7π}{4}&-\\frac{\\sqrt{2}}{2}\\\\\\hline \\frac{5π}{6}&\\frac{1}{2}&\\frac{11π}{6}&-\\frac{1}{2}\\\\\\hline \\end{array}$$"
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Solution
Solution
+1
Degrees
Solution steps
Subtract from both sides
Rewrite using trig identities
Use the Pythagorean identity:
Simplify
Solve by substitution
Let:
Write in the standard form
Solve with the quadratic formula
Quadratic Equation Formula:
For
Apply rule
Apply rule
Apply rule
Add the numbers:
Apply rule
Separate the solutions
Remove parentheses:
Add/Subtract the numbers:
Multiply the numbers:
Apply the fraction rule:
Apply rule
Remove parentheses:
Subtract the numbers:
Multiply the numbers:
Apply the fraction rule:
Cancel the common factor:
The solutions to the quadratic equation are:
Substitute back
General solutions for
periodicity table with cycle:
Solve
General solutions for
periodicity table with cycle:
Combine all the solutions
Graph
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