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The number of solution(s) of the equation sec x+cosec x=22 in [0,8π] is/are

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answer is 12.

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1cosx+1sinx=22sin x+cos x=2sin 2x12sinx+12cosx=sin 2xsin2x=sinx+π42x=nπ+-1nx+π4 x2--1n=n+-1n4π x=n+-1n4π2--1nnumber of solutions in 0,2π is 3 by taking n=1,3,5 number of solutions in 0,8π is 12,  since secx+cosecx is a periodic with period 2π 

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