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Problem

Let $f_n (x) = \text{sin}^n x + \text{cos}^n x.$ For how many $x$ in $[0,\pi]$ is it true that

$6f_{4}(x)-4f_{6}(x)=2f_{2}(x)?$

$\text{(A) }2 \qquad \text{(B) }4 \qquad \text{(C) }6 \qquad \text{(D) }8 \qquad \text{(E) more than }8$

Solution

If $\log_{b} 729 = n$ , then $b^n = 729$ . Since $729 = 3^6$ , $b$ must be $3$ to some factor of 6. Thus, there are four (3, 9, 27, 729) possible values of $b \Longrightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{E}}$ .

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 Let <math>f_n (x) = \text{sin}^n x + \text{cos}^n x.</math> For how many <math>x</math> in <math>[0,\pi]</math> is it true that
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