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**purplec16** · March 10th 2010, 06:29 AM

Find all solutions

$sec^5\theta=4sec\theta$

Are you suppose to let this equal to 0, but I thought thats only for quadratics? and it would not be a quadratic?

**hollywood** · March 10th 2010, 08:28 AM

It's a degree-5 equation, but no need to fear:

$sec^5\theta-4sec\theta=0$

$(sec\theta)(sec^4\theta-4)=0$

$(sec\theta)(sec^2\theta+2)(sec^2\theta-2)=0$

The middle one can't be zero, so you'll get one family of solutions from the first one and two families of solutions from the second. They'll be families of solutions because if $\theta$ is a solution, then $\theta+2n\pi$ is a solution for all integers n.

Post again if you're still having trouble.

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