Re: General--Another Trigonometric Problem....NEED HELP
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- Subject: [mg71083] Re: General--Another Trigonometric Problem....NEED HELP
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:05:13 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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srj6 at hotmail.com wrote: > I'm trying to compute this following eq.... > > a*sin(x) + b*cos(x) = c > > I did ------> Solve[a*sin[x] + b*cos[x] = c, x] > > But it doesn't work. Can anyone please tell me how to get he value of that angle 'x'...?? Either of the following expressions will work (note the capitalization of built-in function and the double equal sign) Solve[a*Sin[x] + b*Cos[x] == c, x] Reduce[a*Sin[x] + b*Cos[x] == c, x] Regards, Jean-Marc