{"id":9461,"date":"2022-01-14T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=9461"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:54:07","slug":"what-is-the-general-solution-of-cos2-theta-cos2-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/what-is-the-general-solution-of-cos2-theta-cos2-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the General Solution of \\(cos^2 \\theta\\) =\\(cos^2 \\alpha\\) ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The general solution of \\(cos^2 \\theta\\) = \\(cos^2 \\alpha\\)<\/strong> is given by \\(\\theta\\) = \\(n\\pi \\pm \\alpha\\), n \\(\\in\\) Z.<\/strong><\/p>\n Proof :<\/strong><\/p>\n We have, \\(cos^2 \\theta\\) =\\(cos^2 \\alpha\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\) \\(2 cos^2 \\theta\\) =\\(2 cos^2 \\alpha\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\) \\(1 + cos 2\\theta\\) = \\(1 + cos 2\\alpha\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\) \\(cos 2\\theta\\) = \\(cos 2\\alpha\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\) \\(2\\theta\\) = \\(2n\\pi \\pm 2\\alpha\\), n \\(\\in\\) Z.<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\) \\(\\theta\\) = \\(n\\pi \\pm \\alpha\\), n \\(\\in\\) Z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solution : The general solution of \\(cos^2 \\theta\\) = \\(cos^2 \\alpha\\) is given by \\(\\theta\\) = \\(n\\pi \\pm \\alpha\\), n \\(\\in\\) Z. Proof : We have, \\(cos^2 \\theta\\) =\\(cos^2 \\alpha\\) \\(\\implies\\) \\(2 cos^2 \\theta\\) =\\(2 cos^2 \\alpha\\) \\(\\implies\\) \\(1 + cos 2\\theta\\) = \\(1 + cos 2\\alpha\\) \\(\\implies\\) \\(cos 2\\theta\\) = \\(cos 2\\alpha\\) \\(\\implies\\) \\(2\\theta\\) …<\/p>\n