+9519 Given that \(\sin\beta -\cos^2 \beta\\=a\cos^8\beta +b\cos^6\beta+c\cos^4\beta-1\\=d\cos^{12}\beta + e\cos^{10}\beta + f\cos^8\beta + g\cos^6\beta\\ = 0\)
Find \(\dfrac{ad+be+cf+g}{ag+bf+ce+d}\)
+14903 \(\sin\beta -\cos^2 \beta=0\)
\(\sqrt{1-cos^2\beta}=cos^2\beta\)
\(cos^2\beta=z\)
\(\sqrt{1-z}=z\)
\(z^2+z-1=0\)
\(z=cos^2\beta=-\frac{1}{2}+\sqrt{(\frac{1}{2})^2+1}=\frac{-1+\sqrt{1+4}}{2}\)
\(cos^2\beta=\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}\) (equal with hectictar)
MaxWong, please tell us how to continue.
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+14903
Given that
\(\sin\beta -\cos^2 \beta\\=a\cos^8\beta +b\cos^6\beta+c\cos^4\beta-1\\=d\cos^{12}\beta + e\cos^{10}\beta + f\cos^8\beta + g\cos^6\beta\\ = 0\)
Find
\(\dfrac{ad+be+cf+g}{ag+bf+ce+d}\)
\(cos\ \beta=x\)
\(ax^8+bx^6+cx^4-1=0\)
\(dx^{12}+ex^{10}+fx^8+gx^6=0\)
If x = 1 then
\(a+b+c-1=0\)
\(d+e+f+g=0\)
Please tell me how it goes, dear smarter biscuit.
asinus :- )
+14903 \(\sin\beta -\cos^2 \beta=0\)
\(\sqrt{1-cos^2\beta}=cos^2\beta\)
\(cos^2\beta=z\)
\(\sqrt{1-z}=z\)
\(z^2+z-1=0\)
\(z=cos^2\beta=-\frac{1}{2}+\sqrt{(\frac{1}{2})^2+1}=\frac{-1+\sqrt{1+4}}{2}\)
\(cos^2\beta=\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}\) (equal with hectictar)
MaxWong, please tell us how to continue.
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+9466 At first I was thinking like asinus that these equations were true for all values of beta, but then I realized that can't be because if beta were 90° that would make it 1 - 0 = 0, which is not true. So then I thought about this:
\(\sin \beta - \cos^2 \beta = 0 \\ - \cos^2 \beta = - \sin \beta \\ - \cos^2 \beta + 1 = - \sin \beta + 1 \\ 1 - \cos^2 \beta = - \sin \beta + 1 \\ \sin^2 \beta = - \sin \beta + 1 \\ 0 = - \sin^2 \beta - \sin \beta + 1 \\ 0 = \sin^2 \beta + \sin \beta - 1\)
Then use the quadratic formula or complete the square to find out that
\(\sin \beta = \frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}\)
and
\(\sin \beta = \frac{-\sqrt{5}-1}{2}\)
So
\( \beta =\arcsin( \frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2} )\)
and
\(\beta = \arcsin (\frac{-\sqrt{5}-1}{2})\)
I don't really know if that helps figure out the rest of the problem or not.
+9466 Actually you can throw out the option of \(\sin \beta = \frac{-\sqrt{5}-1}{2}\)because sin can never be bigger than 1 or less than -1.
Then you can use the pythagorean theorem to figure out that
\((\cos \beta)^2 + (\sin \beta)^2 = 1^2 \\ (\cos \beta)^2 = 1 - (\sin \beta)^2 \\ \cos \beta = \sqrt{1 - (\sin \beta)^2} \\~\\ \cos \beta = \sqrt{1 - (\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{2})^2} \\~\\ \cos \beta = \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}-1}{2}}\)
+9519 You need not solve for beta and you can also get the answer.
\(\sin \beta - \cos^2 \beta = 0\\ \sin \beta = \cos^2 \beta --- (1) \\\sin^2 \beta = \cos^4 \beta ---(2) \\\sin \beta - (1 - \sin^2 \beta) = 0\\ \therefore \sin \beta + \sin^2\beta = 1 ---(3) \\\text{Substitute (1),(2) into (3)} \\\cos^4 \beta +\cos^2 \beta = 1\\\)
Then what does \((\cos^4\beta+\cos^2\beta)^3 =\)?
Use the identity \((a+b)^3 = a^3 + 3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3\)
+9466 HMMMM ok...
So continuing from where you left off at:
\(\cos^4 \beta + \cos^2 \beta = 1 \\ (\cos^4 \beta + \cos^2 \beta)^2 = 1^2 \\ \cos^8 \beta + 2\cos^6 \beta + \cos^4 \beta = 1 \\ \cos^8 \beta + 2\cos^6 \beta + \cos^4 \beta - 1 = 0\)
And that matches this form: \(a\cos^8 \beta + b\cos^6 \beta + c \cos^4 \beta -1 = 0\)
Which means a = 1, b = 2, and c = 1
Next:
\(\cos^4 \beta + \cos^2 \beta = 1 \\ (\cos^4 \beta + \cos^2 \beta)^3 = 1^3 \\ \cos^{12} \beta + 3cos^{10} \beta +3\cos^8 \beta + \cos^6 \beta= 1 \\ \cos^{12} \beta + 3cos^{10} \beta +3\cos^8 \beta + \cos^6 \beta - 1 =0\)
That looks almost exactly like: \(d\cos^{12} \beta + e\cos^{10} \beta + f\cos^8 \beta + g\cos^6 \beta = 0\)
But its not exactly the same because there's a - 1 in one and not in the other.
So now I'm stuck again. 
