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7.6 Exercise 146

Avg difficulty 2.5

Find all exact solutions to the equation on [0,2π). \left[0 , 2 \pi\right) .

Find the solutions of sec 2 x−2secx=15 \sec^{2} x - 2 \sec x = 15 on the interval [ 0,2π ) \left[0 , 2 \pi\right) algebraically; then graph both sides of the equation to determine the answer.

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