Solution
Solution
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Radians
Solution steps
Rewrite using trig identities
Rewrite using trig identities
Use the Angle Sum identity: 
Simplify 
Simplify 
Use the following trivial identity:
 periodicity table with  cycle:
Multiply: 
Simplify 
Use the following trivial identity:
 periodicity table with  cycle:
Apply rule 
Subtract  from both sides
Let: 
Rewrite using trig identities
Use the Double Angle identity: 
Distribute parentheses
Apply minus-plus rules
Solve by substitution
Let: 
Write in the standard form 
Solve with the quadratic formula
Quadratic Equation Formula:
For 
Apply rule 
Multiply the numbers: 
Add the numbers: 
Prime factorization of 
divides by 
divides by 
divides by 
 are all prime numbers, therefore no further factorization is possible
Apply exponent rule: 
Apply radical rule: 
Apply radical rule: 
Refine
Separate the solutions
Remove parentheses: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Apply the fraction rule: 
Cancel 
Factor 
Rewrite as
Factor out common term 
Cancel the common factor: 
Remove parentheses: 
Multiply the numbers: 
Apply the fraction rule: 
Factor 
Rewrite as
Factor out common term 
Cancel the common factor: 
The solutions to the quadratic equation are:
Substitute back 
Apply trig inverse properties
General solutions for 
No Solution
Combine all the solutions
Substitute back 
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Simplify 
Cancel the common factor: 
Simplify 
Apply rule 
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Simplify 
Cancel the common factor: 
Simplify 
Apply rule 
Multiply both sides by 
To eliminate decimal points, multiply by 10 for every digit after the decimal pointThere is one digit to the right of the decimal point, therefore multiply by 
Refine
Divide both sides by 
Divide both sides by 
Simplify
Since the equation is undefined for:
Show solutions in decimal form