5.1 simplify the following expression to a single trigonometric ratio: \( \frac{\sin \left(180^{\circ}-\beta\right) \cdot \sin \beta-1}{\cos (-\beta)} \) 5.2 Hence, determine for which value(s) of \( \beta \), where \( \beta \in\left[0^{\circ} ; 360^{\circ}\right] \) \( \frac{\sin \left(180^{\circ}-\beta\right) \cdot \sin \beta-1}{\cos (-\beta)} \) will be undefined. 5.3 Determine the general solution of \( 3 \sin x=2 \tan x \)
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To simplify the expression \( \frac{\sin(180^{\circ}-\beta) \cdot \sin \beta - 1}{\cos(-\beta)} \), we start with the knowledge that \( \sin(180^{\circ}-\beta) = \sin \beta \). So, the numerator becomes \( \sin \beta \cdot \sin \beta - 1 = \sin^2 \beta - 1 \). We can further simplify this to \( -\cos^2 \beta \) using the Pythagorean identity. The denominator, \( \cos(-\beta) \), is simply \( \cos \beta \). Thus, our expression becomes \( \frac{-\cos^2\beta}{\cos\beta} = -\cos \beta \), provided \( \cos \beta \neq 0 \). Moving on to the undefined points in \( \frac{\sin(180^{\circ}-\beta) \cdot \sin \beta - 1}{\cos(-\beta)} \): this expression is undefined when the denominator, \( \cos(-\beta) \), equals zero. Since \( \cos(-\beta) = \cos \beta \), we look for values of \( \beta \) such that \( \cos \beta = 0 \). This occurs at \( \beta = 90^{\circ} \) and \( \beta = 270^{\circ} \) in the interval \( [0^{\circ}, 360^{\circ}] \). For the general solution of the equation \( 3 \sin x = 2 \tan x \), we start by rewriting \( \tan x \) in terms of sine and cosine: \( \tan x = \frac{\sin x}{\cos x} \). This gives us the equation \( 3 \sin x = 2 \frac{\sin x}{\cos x} \). We can then multiply through by \( \cos x \) (assuming \( \cos x \neq 0 \)) to get \( 3 \sin x \cos x = 2 \sin x \). Rearranging gives us \( \sin x (3 \cos x - 2) = 0\). This results in two cases: \( \sin x = 0 \) and \( 3 \cos x - 2 = 0\). The solutions for \( \sin x = 0 \) are \( x = n\pi \) (where \( n \) is any integer), and \( 3 \cos x - 2 = 0 \) gives \( \cos x = \frac{2}{3} \), giving angles \( x = \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{2}{3}\right) + 2k\pi \) and \( x = -\cos^{-1} \left(\frac{2}{3}\right) + 2k\pi \) (for any integer \( k \)).