Trigonometric Inequality


By Hal 2001 on Thursday, September 20, 2001 - 09:23 am:
Find the range of θ such that:

-1<2 sin2 θ<1

I have tried the following: replace the 2 sin2 θ with 1-cos2θ then solve as normal...

1-cos2θ

cos2θ<2 - - - can't solve, right?

1-cos2θ<1

0<cos2θ

arccos(0)=π/2

πn±π/4<θ


I doubt that I have answered the question fully and sufficiently? What would the final inequality look like?


By Olof Sisask on Thursday, September 20, 2001 - 01:16 pm:

You've pretty much got it. Note that


' cos2θ<2 - - - can't solve', isn't quite right, since cos2θ<2 for all θ. This means that you don't need to worry about this part of the inequality.

Then you have

0<cos2θ

Think of the cos graph here, and you'll see that cosx>0 for -π/2<x<π/2 (and also adding 2π to x will not change this, as this is the same as changing the position of the y-axis).

Therefore,

2θ=s+2nπ, where π/2<s<π/2 and n is any integer

So, θ=t+nπ with π/4<t<π/4
Regards,
Olof