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mmrproblem

Joined: 05 Nov 2004Posts: 17

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:26 am    Post subject: trigonometry

sinx+sin2x+sin3x+sin4x=sin78*sin84 then find x=?

ariesfan

Joined: 04 Nov 2003Posts: 15

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:45 am    Post subject:

For the modified problem below, sinx+sin2x+sin3x+sin4x=2sin78*sin84 is eqivalent to 2sin(5x/2)[cos(3x/2)+cos(x/2)]=cos6+cos18 clearly x=12 will fit.But I guess there are infinitely many other solutions in the real line.

Can anyone hlep to find them all?~

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