Friday, May 19, 2017

algebra precalculus - Solving sintheta+costheta=1 in the interval 0circleqthetaleq360circ



Solve in the interval 0θ360 the equation sinθ+cosθ=1.



I've got the two angles in the interval to be 0 and 90, it's not an answer I'm after, I'd just like to see different approaches one could take with a problem like this. Thank you!


Sorry, my approach:



12sinθ+12cosθ=12cos45sinθ+sin45cosθ=12sin(θ+45)=12θ+45=45, 135θ=0, 90


Answer



A slightly 'expanded-upon' version of user67418's answer:


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The circle here represents the parametric curve (x=cosθ,y=sinθ), and the line is the line x+y=1, so their points of intersection are the points where cosθ+sinθ=1; at least for me, this is the clearest way of seeing that there are only the two solutions already mentioned.


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