Saturday, June 20, 2015

2015/057) Three roots of the equation $4p^3 - 3p - 0.5 = 0$ all lie between 1 and -1. Solve

If we let $p = \cos,t$ then we get
$\cos 3t = .5 = \cos \dfrac{\pi}{3}$
so we get $3t$ =$\dfrac{\pi}{3}$ or $\dfrac{7\pi}{3}$ or $\dfrac{13\pi}{3}$
or  $t$ =$\dfrac{\pi}{9}$ or $\dfrac{7\pi}{9}$ or $\dfrac{13\pi}{9}$
or $p$ =  $\cos \dfrac{\pi}{9}$ or $\cos \dfrac{7\pi}{9}$ or $\cos \dfrac{13\pi}{9}$

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