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Solve these trigonometric equations?

Posted 9 years ago

I tried to solve these two eqn by solve function and reduce , but it does not work . can anyone help me , please ??

eq1 = (1500 - 100/Sin[alp])/Sin[180 - alp - th2] == (1176.795 - 100/Tan[alp])/Sin[th2];`
eq2 = 200 Cos[90 - alp - th2] - 500 Sin[alp] == 100;
Solve[{eq1,eq2},alp]
POSTED BY: Ahmed Khodari
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Are your variables in radiants or degrees? If they are degrees, you had better write your equations this way:

eq1 = (1500 - 100/Sin[alp*Degree])/
    Sin[(180 - alp - th2) Degree] == (Rationalize[1176.795] - 
      100/Tan[alp*Degree])/Sin[th2*Degree];
eq2 = 200 Cos[(90 - alp - th2)*Degree] - 500 Sin[alp*Degree] == 100;

These are trascendental equations, not very suitable for Solve. You can get a feeling for the solutions with a plot

ContourPlot[Evaluate[{eq1, eq2}], {alp, 0, 360}, {th2, 0, 360}]

I can see three probable solution. You can get better approximation with FindRoot

POSTED BY: Gianluca Gorni
Posted 9 years ago
POSTED BY: Bill Simpson
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