Solve for $x \in R$: \[ \sin^3{x}(1+\cot{x})+\cos^3{x}(1+\tan{x})=\cos{2x} \]
Problem
Source: Pan African 2000
Tags: trigonometry
Fermat -Euler
04.10.2005 00:55
the solution.
roza2010
25.10.2014 08:50
first of all $x\neq \frac{k\pi}{2},k\in Z$ ..... (*) equation is equivalent with: $\sin x+\cos x=\cos 2x$ $\sin x+\cos x=-(\sin x+\cos x)(\sin x-\cos x)$ $(\sin x+\cos x)(\sin x-\cos x+1)=0$ $(\sin x+\cos x)\left(\cos\left(x+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}\right)=0$ second factor of LHS is $\neq 0$ (condition (*)), so solution is $\boxed{x=m\pi-\frac{\pi}{4}\ ,\ m\in Z}$
lifeismathematics
30.11.2022 18:10
mark $\sin{x}=a$ and $\cos{x}=b$
the equation is equivalent to $a^3\left(1+\frac{b}{a}\right)+b^3\left(1+\frac{a}{b}\right)=b^2-a^2$
we consider two cases $a+b=0$ and $a+b\neq 0$
for $a+b \neq 0$ we get:
$a^2+b^2=a-b \implies \sin2x=0$
clearly this don't works
so we have $a+b=0$
which gives $\tan{x}=-1$
now this gives $x=\varphi\pi-\frac{\pi}{4} \qquad \forall \qquad \varphi \in \mathbb{Z}$
alwaystogether
30.11.2022 19:33
$\sin x+\cos x=\cos 2x\Rightarrow {{(\sin x+\cos x)}^{2}}={{\cos }^{2}}2x\Leftrightarrow 1+\sin 2x=1-{{\sin }^{2}}2x$thus $\sin 2x(1+\sin 2x)=0$