Re: Trig / 89 answer notation??


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Re: Trig / 89 answer notation??



If you'd looked up the solve( command in the command list near the back of
your manual, you'd know that @n# stands for an arbitrary integer.  In other
words, you can replace @n5 with any whole number and it will be a solution
to the equation you gave.

>I am attempting to solve trig equations by entering:
>solve((sin(x))^2)*cos(x)-cos(x)=0,x)
>the answer given is:
>X=((2*@n5-1)*pi)/2
>Question:
>What does the @n5 tell me?