Solve the following: sinx - cosx = 0 for 0≤x≤360
We know that sinx/cosx = tanx. Therefore we can write sinx - cosx = 0 as sinx = cosx . By diving both sides by cosx, we get tanx = 1. By taking tan inverse of both sides, we can see that for 0≤x≤360, we get x to be 45 or 225.
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