I badly with general answers to trig equations. (Using identities)

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I think I understand, so the number of answers varies depending on what function you are using, and I may not understand all of the functions well, however with your info I have figured out that pi/3, and 5pi/3 are the only solutions
 
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Just remember, your example was [itex]tan^2(2x)=3[/itex], so after you deal with what is 2x, you want to solve for what is x.
 
Tyrion101 said:
I think I understand, so the number of answers varies depending on what function you are using, and I may not understand all of the functions well, however with your info I have figured out that pi/3, and 5pi/3 are the only solutions
@Tyrion101, no, they are not the only solutions, in fact these aren't even solutions of the original equation, which was ##tan^2(2x) = 3##. Unless there is a restricted domain, which you didn't mention, there are an infinite number of solutions.
 
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