Find the maximum value of a trigonometry function
Question:
Given: f(x) = sin2x - cos2x + 2 sin x cos x. What is the value of x in which f(x) having a maximum value and what is the maximum value?
Solution:
We are going to use these formulas:
- cos 2x = cos2x - sin2x
- sin 2x = 2 sin x cos x
- f(x) = sin2x - cos2x + 2 sin x cos x
- = 2 sin x cos x - (cos2x - sin2x)
- = sin 2x - cos 2x
- = (sin 2x - cos 2x) (2/2)
- = (sin 2x - cos 2x) [Sqrt (2)2]/2
- = Sqrt (2) (sin 2x - cos 2x) [Sqrt (2)/2]
- = Sqrt (2) (sin 2x [Sqrt (2)/2] - cos 2x [Sqrt (2)/2])
- = Sqrt (2) [sin2x cos (pi/4) - cos2x sin (pi/4)]
- note:
- cos pi/4 = Sqrt (2)/2
- sin pi/4 = Sqrt (2)/2
Use the formula:
- sin (a - b) = sin a cos b - cos a sin b
- So, f(x) = Sqrt (2) sin (2x - pi/4)
When 2x - pi/4 = pi/2 + 2pi k (k is integer), f(x) has a maximum value that is Sqrt (2).
- solve the equation to find the value of x,
- 2x - pi/4 = pi/2 + 2pi k
- 2x = pi/4 + pi/2 + 2pi k
- 2x = 3pi/4 + 2pi k
- x = 3pi/8 + k pi
Therefore, when x = 3pi/8 + k pi, f(x) has maximum value that is Sqrt (2). When k = 0, x = 3pi/8 = 1.2, f(x) has the maximum value that is Sqrt (2). When k = 1, x = 3pi/8 + 1 × pi
= 3pi/8 + pi = 11pi/8 = 4.3, f(x) has the maximum value that is Sqrt (2). Please watch the video for more details.