Problems from Solving trigonometric equations

Solve the following trigonometric equation:

sin(2x+π3)+sin(x+π6)=0

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Let's remember the formula that transforms the sum into a product: sin(A)+sin(B)=2sin(A+B2)cos(AB2)

Applying it in our case, it gives: sin(2x+π3)+sin(x+π6)=2sin(2x+π3+x+π62)cos(2x+π3xπ62)= =2sin(3x+π22)cos(x+π62)=2sin(3x2+π4)cos(x2+π12)=0

So if the product of two factors is zero, necessarily one of the two is zero. Therefore, we distinguish:

case (a): sin(3x2+π4)=03x2+π4={2πkπ+2πkkZ=kπ, kZ 3x2=kππ4x=π6+23πk

and case (b): cos(x2+π12)=0x2+π12={π2+2kππ2+2kπkZ=π2+kπ, kZ x2=π2+kππ12x=5π6+2kπ

Solution:

x={π6+23kπ5π6+2kπ,kZ

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