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"query": {
"display": "$$\\sin\\left(2p+1\\right)=-1$$",
"symbolab_question": "EQUATION#\\sin(2p+1)=-1"
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"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Trigonometry",
"topic": "Trig Equations",
"subTopic": "Trig Equations",
"default": "p=πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}",
"degrees": "p=106.35211…^{\\circ }+180^{\\circ }n",
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"title": "$$\\sin\\left(2p+1\\right)=-1{\\quad:\\quad}p=πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}$$",
"input": "\\sin\\left(2p+1\\right)=-1",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "General solutions for $$\\sin\\left(2p+1\\right)=-1$$",
"result": "2p+1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn",
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"type": "step",
"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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"type": "step",
"result": "2p+1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Solve $$2p+1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn:{\\quad}p=πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}$$",
"input": "2p+1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Move $$1\\:$$to the right side",
"input": "2p+1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn",
"result": "2p=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn-1",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract $$1$$ from both sides",
"result": "2p+1-1=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn-1"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "2p=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn-1"
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"input": "2p=\\frac{3π}{2}+2πn-1",
"result": "p=πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}",
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"result": "\\frac{2p}{2}=\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}+\\frac{2πn}{2}-\\frac{1}{2}"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify",
"input": "\\frac{2p}{2}=\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}+\\frac{2πn}{2}-\\frac{1}{2}",
"result": "p=πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\frac{2p}{2}:{\\quad}p$$",
"input": "\\frac{2p}{2}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide the numbers: $$\\frac{2}{2}=1$$",
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"title": "Simplify $$\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}+\\frac{2πn}{2}-\\frac{1}{2}:{\\quad}πn-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{3π}{4}$$",
"input": "\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}+\\frac{2πn}{2}-\\frac{1}{2}",
"steps": [
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"result": "=-\\frac{1}{2}+\\frac{2πn}{2}+\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\frac{2πn}{2}=πn$$",
"input": "\\frac{2πn}{2}",
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"primary": "Divide the numbers: $$\\frac{2}{2}=1$$",
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"title": "$$\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}=\\frac{3π}{4}$$",
"input": "\\frac{\\frac{3π}{2}}{2}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the fraction rule: $$\\frac{\\frac{b}{c}}{a}=\\frac{b}{c\\:\\cdot\\:a}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{3π}{2\\cdot\\:2}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply the numbers: $$2\\cdot\\:2=4$$",
"result": "=\\frac{3π}{4}"
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Solution
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What is the general solution for sin(2p+1)=-1 ?
The general solution for sin(2p+1)=-1 is p=pin-1/2+(3pi)/4