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Solve the following equation: `2sin^2x+sqrt(3)cos x+1=0`

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Let us start changing `sin^2x` into `1−cos^2x;` we get `2(1−cos^2x)+sqrt(3) ​cosx+1=0`
or `2cos^2x−sqrt(3) ​cosx−3=0`
∴`cosx= ​​sqrt(3) ​ or −sqrt(3)/2`
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