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# What's the answer to 4sin(theta)=3cos(theta), and how do you get there? Thanks!

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What's the answer to 4sin(theta)=3cos(theta), and how do you get there? Thanks!

Guest Feb 7, 2015

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There are two solutions on [0, 2pi]

One occurs at about (36.9, 2.4)  and the other at about (216.9, -2.4)

These solutions repeat on every 2pi interval

Here's the graph......https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xvemw185zj

CPhill  Feb 7, 2015
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4sin(theta)=3cos(theta)

$$\\4sin(\theta)=3cos(\theta)\\\\ \frac{sin\theta}{cos\theta}=\frac{3}{4}\\\\ tan\theta=0.75\\\\ \theta=atan(0.75)$$

$$\underset{\,\,\,\,^{{360^\circ}}}{{tan}}^{\!\!\mathtt{-1}}{\left({\mathtt{0.75}}\right)} = {\mathtt{36.869\: \!897\: \!645\: \!844^{\circ}}}$$

Melody  Feb 7, 2015
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There are two solutions on [0, 2pi]

One occurs at about (36.9, 2.4)  and the other at about (216.9, -2.4)

These solutions repeat on every 2pi interval

Here's the graph......https://www.desmos.com/calculator/xvemw185zj

CPhill  Feb 7, 2015
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Thanks Chris.

Never forget that there is often more than one solution with trigonometry. :)

You would think I should have learned this lesson by now - I guess I haven't.  :))

Melody  Feb 7, 2015