You should use the following trigonometric identities to solve the equation `1 + sin 2x = 3 cos 2x` such that:
sin 2x = (2 tan ((2x)/2))/(1 + tan^2((2x)/2))
`sin 2x = (2 tan x)/(1 + tan^2 x)`
`cos2x = (1- tan^2 x)/(1 + tan^2 x)`
`1 + (2 tan x)/(1 + tan^2 x) = 3(1 - tan^2 x)/(1 + tan^2 x)`
Moving the terms to one side yields:
`1 + (2 tan x)/(1 + tan^2 x)- 3(1 - tan^2 x)/(1 + tan^2 x) = 0`
Bringing the terms to a common denominator yields:
`(1 + tan^2 x + 2tan x - 3 + 3tan^2 x)/(1 + tan^2 x) = 0`
Since `1 + tan^2 x != 0` , hence `4tan^2 x + 2tan x - 2 = 0` such that:
`4tan^2 x + 2tan x - 2 = 0 => 2tan^2 x + tan x - 1 = 0`
You should come up with the following substitution such that:
`tan x = t`
`2t^2 + t - 1 = 0`
Using quadratic formula yields:
`t_(1,2) = (-1 +- sqrt(1 + 8))/2 => t_(1,2) = (-1 +- 3)/2`
`t_1 = 1 ; t_2 = -2`
You need to solve the equations `tan x = t_1` and `tan x = t_2` such that:
`tan x = 1 => x = pi/4 and x = pi + pi/4 => x = 5pi/4`
`tan x = -2 => x = arctan(-2) => x = -arctan 2`
Hence, evaluating the solutions to the equation yields `x = pi/4, x = 5pi/4` and `x = -arctan 2` .
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