JabbaMatheez 40S (Winter 2008): Today's Slides: February 26

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Today's Slides: February 26

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8 comments:

Benofschool said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; February 26, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Benofschool said...: http://i32.tinypic.com/1z1yaa0.jpg; February 26, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Benofschool said...: i was wondering if it was the answers sorry for triple posting; February 26, 2008 at 6:10 PM
m@rk said...: Benofschool,

Good job for trying to look for the answers. Your hard work only shows how dedicated you are to this class and how much effort you give into it.
Unfortunately, i don't think the answers are right.

Let's examine the first question first.

cos(2x)=1/2

Think of this as your regular algebra question. You can see that the only thing that is in your way is the cosine, so what you have to do is use arccos on both side to get rid of the cosine. That will leave you with this:

2x= 1.0472

Then with some more algebra you will get:

x= 0.5236 + kpi
AND the other other angle at quadrant 4 which is 2.6180 +kpi

Another way to solve this is to use the exact values of the unit circle.

cos2x= 1/2

We know that the cosine of 1/2 is pi/3, so that will leave you with this:

2x=pi/3

Now, again solving for x with some algebra we will get this:

x=pi/6+ kpi
AND
the other angle at quadrant 4 which is 5pi/6 +kpi

Im gonna let you finish up the next question. Hopefully that helps you in some way.

-m@rk; February 26, 2008 at 10:31 PM
m@rk said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; February 26, 2008 at 10:42 PM
m@rk said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; February 26, 2008 at 10:42 PM
zeph said...: When I first looked at that equation, I thought I should "let 2x = Ѳ" which made the equation look more simplified...

cos(2x) = 1/2
Let 2x = Ѳ.
cosѲ = 1/2
Ѳ = π/6 + 2kπ; 5π/6 + 2kπ; k€I.

Then substitute 2x back instead of Ѳ, and solve the rest.; February 26, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Darren Kuropatwa said...: You guys are doing good work on this! A couple of things:

(1) There will not be a question like this on tomorrow's test. (Ah, I heard your sign just there. ;-))

(2) Zepph has half the answer. The rest of it is:

7π/6 + 6kπ, k ε I

and

11π/6 + 6kπ, k ε I; February 26, 2008 at 11:17 PM