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Solve sinusoidal equations (basic)

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Jamie tried to solve the following equation, where x is in radians to the nearest hundredth, in the interval from π to π, but she made a mistake.
cos(x)=0.08
Here is Jamie's work.
cos1(cos(x))=cos1(0.08)x1.65Using cos(x)=cos(x+2π)x1.65+2πnx4.631.657.93Using cos(x)=cos(πx)and cos(x)=cos(x+2π)x1.49+2πnx4.791.497.77
The solutions to x in the interval from π to π are x1.49 and x1.65.
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