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If the complex numbers sinx+icos2x and cosx−isin2x are conjugate of each other, then the number of values of x in the interval [0,2π) is equal to (where, i2=−1)
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Solution:
sinx=cosx and cos2x=sin2x ⇒sinx=cosx&2cos2x−1=2sinxcosx ⇒sinx=cosx&2cos2x−1=2cos2x ⇒sinx=cosx&−1=0 (Which is impossible)
Hence, no value of x exists