I joined with this site a day ago. Because i have a task about trigonometry and an exam in next 2 weeks. From zero knowledge about trigonometry and now i just have a spirit to learn trigonometry.
This is my first progress to practice.
Find the solution of x between $0^\circ$ and $360^\circ$ of this equation : $$\sin(x+60^\circ)=\cos(x-20^\circ)$$
Converting left hand side using $\cos(1×90^\circ-x)=\sin(x)$ $$\sin(x+60^\circ)=\cos(90^\circ-(x+60^\circ))=\cos(30^\circ-x)$$ Substitution into the problem again, and i get : $$\cos(30^\circ-x)=\cos(x-20^\circ)$$ Using arccosine, then i get : $$30^\circ-x=x-20^\circ$$ $$30^\circ+20^\circ=x+x$$ $$2x=50^\circ$$ $$x=25^\circ$$ Converting left hand side using $\cos(5×90^\circ-x)=\sin(x)$ $$\sin(x+60^\circ)=\cos(450^\circ-(x+60^\circ))=\cos(390^\circ-x)$$ Substitution into the problem again, i get : $$\cos(390^\circ-x)=\cos(x-20^\circ)$$ Using arccosine, then i get : $$390^\circ-x=x-20^\circ$$ $$2x=410^\circ$$ $$x=205^\circ$$ Converting left hand side using $\cos(9×90^\circ-x)=\sin(x)$ $$\sin(x+60^\circ)=\cos(810^\circ-(x+60^\circ))=\cos(750^\circ-x)$$ Substitution into the problem again, i get : $$\cos(750^\circ-x)=\cos(x-20^\circ)$$ Using arccosine, then i get : $$750^\circ-x=x-20^\circ$$ $$2x=770^\circ$$ $$x=385^\circ$$ Using periodicity of cosine $$x=385^\circ-360^\circ$$ $$x=25^\circ$$ Because the solution is repeating, then i should stop. Finally i knew the set of solution are : $$[25^\circ,205^\circ]$$ What i get so far, using math stack exchange are :
Thank you so much to all users that helped me reached in this trigonometry knowledge. Thanks for your patience, time, information, suggestion, opinion and solution to my problem. God bless you.