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Serious Max
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Homework Statement
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
C)Principal domain:
[tex]-\dfrac{\pi}{2}\leq 2x^2+x-1\leq \dfrac{\pi}{2}[/tex]
[tex]-1.41099 \leq x \leq 0.91099[/tex]
Next:
[tex]\sin(2x^2+x-1)=\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex]
[tex]2x^2+x-1=\arcsin(\dfrac{2}{5})[/tex]
[tex]x_1=-1.1265; x_2=0.62650[/tex]
Since [tex]\sin(\theta)=-\sin(\theta)+\pi[/tex] we get:
[tex]\sin(-(2x^2+x-1)+\pi)=\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex]
[tex]-2x^2-x+1+\pi=\arcsin(\dfrac{2}{5})[/tex]
Hence:
[tex]x_3=1.1384; x_4=-1.6384[/tex]
Although, I wouldn't be able to find any more values of x by the methods I have been introduced to, since the functions is aperiodic.By the same method I can find two values of x in D), but that's it. Although, I think they want me to do something else, rather than values for x.
P.S. Also, I haven't been introduced to solving trig equations with aperiodic functions, so it must be that they want to stretch me a little. So the tasks are probably rigged somehow, like in the case of C) I can find exactly four values with the methods I've been shown (well, as I understand), and that's what they want from me in the problem.
So, I guess it must be similar with the D) task, but I can't figure it out.
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