Question 11 Mark
Write the number of values of x in $[0,2\pi]$ that satisfy the equation $\sin^2\text{x}-\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{4}.$
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$\sin^2\text{x}-\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow1-\cos^2\text{x}-\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow\cos^2\text{x}+\cos\text{x}-\frac{3}{4}=0$
$\Rightarrow4\cos^2\text{x}+4\cos\text{x}-3=0$
$\Rightarrow4\cos^2\text{x}+6\cos\text{x}-2\cos\text{x}-3=0$
$\Rightarrow2\cos\text{x}[2\cos\text{x}+3]-[2\cos\text{x}+3]=0$
$\Rightarrow(2\cos\text{x}-1)(2\cos\text{x}+3)=0$
$\therefore\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{2}$ or $\cos\text{x}=\frac{-3}{2}$
$\therefore$ only for 2 values in $[0,2\pi],$ $\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}2{},$ or the given equation is satisfies.
$\sin^2\text{x}-\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow1-\cos^2\text{x}-\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{4}$
$\Rightarrow\cos^2\text{x}+\cos\text{x}-\frac{3}{4}=0$
$\Rightarrow4\cos^2\text{x}+4\cos\text{x}-3=0$
$\Rightarrow4\cos^2\text{x}+6\cos\text{x}-2\cos\text{x}-3=0$
$\Rightarrow2\cos\text{x}[2\cos\text{x}+3]-[2\cos\text{x}+3]=0$
$\Rightarrow(2\cos\text{x}-1)(2\cos\text{x}+3)=0$
$\therefore\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}{2}$ or $\cos\text{x}=\frac{-3}{2}$
$\therefore$ only for 2 values in $[0,2\pi],$ $\cos\text{x}=\frac{1}2{},$ or the given equation is satisfies.