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Marta_Voda [28]
3 years ago
7

If tan^3(theta) -1/tan(theta)-1 - sec^2(theta) + 1 = 0 find cot(theta)

Mathematics
1 answer:
Nutka1998 [239]3 years ago
8 0

\tan^3\theta-\dfrac1{\tan\theta-1}-\sec^2\theta+1=0

Recall that \tan^2\theta+1=\sec^2\theta, so we can write everything in terms of \tan\theta:

\tan^3\theta-\dfrac1{\tan\theta-1}-\tan^2\theta=0

Let x=\tan\theta, so that

x^3-\dfrac1{x-1}-x^2=0

With some rewriting we get

x^3-x^2-\dfrac1{x-1}=0

x^2(x-1)-\dfrac1{x-1}=0

\dfrac{x^2(x-1)^2-1}{x-1}=0

Clearly we cannot have x=1, or \tan\theta=1.

The numerator determines when the expression on the left reduces to 0:

x^2(x-1)^2-1=0

x^2(x-1)^2=1

\sqrt{x^2(x-1)^2}=\sqrt1

|x(x-1)|=1

x(x-1)=1\text{ or }x(x-1)=-1

Completing the square gives

x(x-1)=x^2-x=x^2-x+\dfrac14-\dfrac14=\left(x-\dfrac12\right)^2-\dfrac14

so that

\left(x-\dfrac12\right)^2=\dfrac54\text{ or }\left(x-\dfrac12\right)^2=-\dfrac34

The second equation gives no real-valued solutions because squaring any real number gives a positive real number. (I'm assuming we don't care about complex solutions.) So we're left with only

\left(x-\dfrac12\right)^2=\dfrac54

\sqrt{\left(x-\dfrac12\right)^2}=\sqrt{\dfrac54}

\left|x-\dfrac12\right|=\dfrac{\sqrt5}2

which again gives two cases,

x-\dfrac12=\dfrac{\sqrt5}2\text{ or }x-\dfrac12=-\dfrac{\sqrt5}2

x=\dfrac{1+\sqrt5}2\text{ or }x=\dfrac{1-\sqrt5}2

Then when x=\tan\theta, we can find \cot\theta by taking the reciprocal, so we get

\boxed{\cot\theta=\dfrac2{1+\sqrt5}\text{ or }\cot\theta=\dfrac2{1-\sqrt5}}

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