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salazar011
Mar 8, 2010, 08:33 PM
I'm trying to find the solution of the equation

Unknown008
Mar 9, 2010, 07:16 AM
If you want to factorise this expression, use a substitution.

For example, let y = cos x.

Then, replace cos x by y in your expression and factorise the quadratic like any other quadratic:

4y^2 - 4y + 1.

When you are done, replace back y by cos x.