Answer
The solution to the equation is all real numbers except \( x = \frac{\pi}{4} + \frac{k\pi}{2} \) for any integer \( k \).
Solution
Solve the equation \( \frac{\cos x}{\cos x-\sin x}-\frac{\cos x}{\cos x+\sin x}=\tan 2x \).
Solve the equation by following steps:
- step0: Solve for \(x\):
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\tan\left(2x\right)\)
- step1: Find the domain:
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\tan\left(2x\right),x\neq \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{k\pi }{2},k \in \mathbb{Z}\)
- step2: Rewrite the expression:
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\frac{2\tan\left(x\right)}{1-\tan^{2}\left(x\right)}\)
- step3: Rewrite the expression:
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\frac{2\times \frac{\sin\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)}}{1-\left(\frac{\sin\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)}\right)^{2}}\)
- step4: Expand the expression:
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\frac{\frac{2\sin\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)}}{1-\frac{\sin^{2}\left(x\right)}{\cos^{2}\left(x\right)}}\)
- step5: Calculate:
\(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}=\frac{2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos^{2}\left(x\right)-\sin^{2}\left(x\right)}\)
- step6: Multiply both sides of the equation by LCD:
\(\left(\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)}-\frac{\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)}\right)\left(\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)\right)\left(\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)\right)=\frac{2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)}{\cos^{2}\left(x\right)-\sin^{2}\left(x\right)}\times \left(\cos\left(x\right)-\sin\left(x\right)\right)\left(\cos\left(x\right)+\sin\left(x\right)\right)\)
- step7: Simplify the equation:
\(2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)=2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)\)
- step8: Move the expression to the left side:
\(2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)-2\sin\left(x\right)\cos\left(x\right)=0\)
- step9: Calculate:
\(0=0\)
- step10: The statement is true:
\(x \in \mathbb{R}\)
- step11: Check if the solution is in the defined range:
\(x \in \mathbb{R},x\neq \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{k\pi }{2},k \in \mathbb{Z}\)
- step12: Find the intersection:
\(x\neq \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{k\pi }{2},k \in \mathbb{Z}\)
The solution to the equation \( \frac{\cos x}{\cos x-\sin x}-\frac{\cos x}{\cos x+\sin x}=\tan 2x \) is \( x \neq \frac{\pi}{4} + \frac{k\pi}{2}, k \in \mathbb{Z} \).
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