When sinx=0, what does x equal?

2 Answers
May 24, 2016

sinx is known as a periodic function that oscillates at regular intervals.

It crosses the x-axis (i.e. it is 0) at x = 0, pi, and 2pi in the domain [0,2pi], and continues to cross the x-axis at every integer multiple of pi.

graph{sinx [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

And if you click on the graph, you get:

So, whenever sinx = 0, we have that:

color(blue)(x = pi pm kpi) for all k in the set of integers.

That is, if k = 0, 1, 2, . . . , N, where N is some arbitrarily large integer, then sinx = 0 for x = 0, pmpi, pm2pi, . . . , pm2Npi.

May 19, 2017

or any multiple of 180°

If sin x = 0, then x = 0°

Explanation:

If you know that sinx = 0, t
Then you need to use a process called 'arcsin'.
It might be shown as "arcs" or "asin" or similar.

This is shown as sin^-1 on many calculators and is not to be confused with 1/sin which is the same as "cosec"

To find which angle(s) will have a sine value of 0.

Depending on what type of calculator you have you key in one of the following:

  • "shift" sin 0 = and you get the answer

  • 0 " shift" sin the display will read 0

Any angle which is a multiple of 180° will also have a sin value of 0