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Solution steps
Rewrite using trig identities:
Use the following identity:
Use the following property: 
Apply the periodicity of : 
Simplify:
Convert element to fraction: 
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Add similar elements: 
Rewrite  as 
Apply the periodicity of : 
Rewrite using trig identities:
Rewrite using trig identities:
Write as 
Use the Half Angle identity:
Rewrite using trig identities:
Use the following identity
Square both sides
Rewrite using trig identities:
Use the Double Angle identity
Switch sides
Add  to both sides
Divide both sides by 
Rewrite using trig identities:
Use the Double Angle identity
Switch sides
Add  to both sides
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Substitute  with 
Simplify
Square root both sides
Choose the root sign according to the quadrant of :
Rewrite using trig identities:
Show that: 
Use the following product to sum identity: 
Show that: 
Use the Double Angle identity: 
Divide both sides by 
Use the following identity: 
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Substitute 
Show that: 
Use the factorization rule: 
Refine
Show that: 
Use the Double Angle identity: 
Divide both sides by 
Use the following identity: 
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Substitute 
Substitute 
Refine
Add  to both sides
Refine
Take the square root of both sides
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Add the following equations
Refine
Simplify 
Join 
Convert element to fraction: 
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Add the numbers: 
Join 
Convert element to fraction: 
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Expand 
Distribute parentheses
Apply minus-plus rules
Subtract the numbers: 
Divide fractions: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Multiply by the conjugate 
Apply FOIL method: 
Apply minus-plus rules
Simplify 
Add similar elements: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Apply radical rule: 
Add the numbers: 
Apply Difference of Two Squares Formula: 
Simplify 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply exponent rule: 
Multiply fractions: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Subtract the numbers: 
Factor 
Rewrite as
Factor out common term 
Cancel the common factor: 
Rewrite using trig identities
Use the basic trigonometric identity: 
Simplify 
Factor 
Factor out common term 
Cancel 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply exponent rule: 
Subtract the numbers: 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply exponent rule: 
Apply rule 
Multiply fractions: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Solve by substitution
Let: 
Multiply both sides by 
Multiply both sides by 
Simplify
Simplify 
Multiply fractions: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Simplify 
Multiply by the conjugate 
Apply the distributive law: 
Apply minus-plus rules
Apply radical rule: 
Apply radical rule: 
Simplify 
Apply rule 
Solve  
Move to the right side
Subtract  from both sides
Simplify
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Simplify 
Apply the fraction rule: 
Divide the numbers: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Simplify 
Apply the fraction rule: 
Apply radical rule:  assuming 
Multiply 
Multiply fractions: 
Apply the fraction rule: 
Rationalize 
Multiply by the conjugate 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply the distributive law: 
Apply minus-plus rules
Simplify 
Multiply the numbers: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Factor out common term 
Rewrite  as Rewrite  as 
Factor out common term 
Cancel 
Refine
Multiply by the conjugate 
Apply the distributive law: 
Apply radical rule: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Expand 
Apply Difference of Two Squares Formula: 
Simplify 
Apply exponent rule: 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply exponent rule: 
Multiply fractions: 
Cancel the common factor: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Subtract the numbers: 
Expand 
Distribute parentheses
Multiply the numbers: 
Factor 
Rewrite as
Factor out common term 
Cancel the common factor: 
For  the solutions are 
Verify Solutions
Find undefined (singularity) points:
Take the denominator(s) of  and compare to zero
Solve  
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Apply rule 
The following points are undefined
Combine undefined points with solutions:
Substitute back 
Apply trig inverse properties
General solutions for 
Solve  
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Solve  
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Apply trig inverse properties
General solutions for 
Solve  
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Solve  
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Combine all the solutions
Show solutions in decimal form
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