Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities

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Level: 
A
Identify the optimal first step convenient to solve the following trigonometric equation. Do not consider the step which is possible but does not help to solve the equation. \[ \cos \left (x + \frac{\pi } {3}\right ) = \frac{\sqrt{3}} {2} \]
substitution \( x + \frac{\pi } {3} = z\)
\(\cos ^{2}\left (x + \frac{\pi } {3}\right ) = \frac{3} {4}\)
substitution \( \frac{\sqrt{3}} {2} = z\)
\(\cos x\cdot \cos \frac{\pi }{3} -\sin x\cdot \sin \frac{\pi }{3} = \frac{\sqrt{3}} {2} \)

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Level: 
C
Identify the optimal first step convenient to solve the following trigonometric equation. Do not consider the step which is possible but does not help to solve the equation. \[ \sin x = 1 +\cos x \]
\(\sin ^{2}x = 1 + 2\cos x +\cos ^{2}x\)
\(\sin ^{2}x = 1 +\cos ^{2}x\)
substitution \( 1 +\cos x = z\)
\(\sin x -\cos x = z\)

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Level: 
C
Identify the optimal first step convenient to solve the following trigonometric equation. Do not consider the step which is possible but does not help to solve the equation. \[ \sqrt{3}\cos x = 1 -\sin x \]
\(3\cos ^{2}x = (1 -\sin x)^{2}\)
\(3\cos ^{2}x = 1 -\sin ^{2}x\)
substitution \( 1 -\sin x = z\)
substitution \( \cos x = z\)

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Level: 
C
Identify the optimal first step convenient to solve the following trigonometric equation. Do not consider the step which is possible but does not help to solve the equation. \[ \sqrt{3}\sin x = 2 -\cos x \]
\(3\sin ^{2}x = 4 - 4\cos x +\cos ^{2}x\)
substitution \( 2 -\cos x = z\)
\(3\sin ^{2}x = 4 -\cos ^{2}x\)
\(3\sin ^{2}x = 1 - 2\cos x +\cos ^{2}x\)