NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Trigonometric Functions - Solutions

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Question : 49
Total: 61
sin 2 x + cos x = 0
Solution:  
We have, sin 2x + cos x = 0
⇒ 2 sinx cosx + cosx = 0 ⇒ cosx (2 sinx + 1) = 0
⇒ cosx = 0 or, 2 sinx + 1= 0
Now if cosx = 0⇒ x = (2n + 1)
π
2
, n ∊ Z
And if 2 sinx + 1 = 0 ⇒ 2 sinx = – 1 ⇒ sinx =
1
2

A value of x satisfying sinx =
1
2
is
π
6

We have, sinx =
1
2

Thus, sin x = sin (π+
π
6
)
⇒ sin x = sin
7π
6

⇒ x = nπ + (1)n
7π
6
, n ∊ Z
Hence x = (2n + 1)
π
2
or nπ + (1)n
7π
6
, n ∊ Z
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