6.3a: Solving Trig Equations

Objectives:

• Solve trig equations using algebraic techniques.
• Solve trig equations of the quadratic type.

Example 1
*MISTAKE: one of the initial solutions is incorrect. 3pi/4 is not a solution. It should be changed to 7pi/4. 
(Thanks Rachael B.)

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Student example 1

Student example 2

Problem set 6.3a:

#2, 5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 21, 24, 26, 29