Trigonometry
     Trigonometric Equations
      The Equations,  sin (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1,   cos (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1,
                                 tan (bx + c) = m  and  cot (bx + c) = mwhere b, c and m are real numbers.
         The Equation  sin (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1, example
         The Equation  cos (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1, example
The Equations,  sin (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1,   cos (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1,
                        tan (bx + c) = m  and  cot (bx + c) = m,  where b, c and m are real numbers.
The given equations can be written as F(bx + c) = m  where F substitutes a trigonometric function, x is an arc to be calculated and m is a value of a given trigonometric function.
To every trigonometric function we can determine an arc,  a + k · P  of which function value equals m that is F(a + k · P) = m, where a = x0  is the basic solution, and P is the period, then
F(bx + c) = F(a + k · P or  bx + c = a + k · P,  thus
Thus, from obtained general solution we can write a common solutions for every given equation,
The Equation  sin (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1, example
Example:  Solve the equation,
Solution:  Rewrite the equation to the form sin (bx + c) = m, so  sin (2x + p/6) = - 1/2
An alternative but similar solution can be obtained by substituting the values of, b, c and  m, into
x0 = a  and  x0 = p - a  and to the common solution written above
The Equation  cos (bx + c) = m,  -1 <  m < 1, example
Example:  Find the solutions of the equation,  2cos (4x - 30°) + Ö3 = 0.
Solution:  Rewrite the equation to the form cos (bx + c) = m, that is  cos (4 x - 30°) = - Ö3/2  it follows that   cos (4 x - 30°) =  cos (+ 150° + k · 360°)
             and             4 x - 30°+ 150° + k · 360°
              so,       x = 45° + k · 90°   and    x = - 30° + k · 90°,  kÎ Z.
The same results we get by substituting the values, b = 4c = - 30°  and  m = - Ö3/2, into
x0 = a = cos-1 m = cos-1 (- Ö3/2)  = 150°  and  x0 - a = -150° 
then, using the common solution formulas obtained are
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