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Show that the equation `sintheta=x+1/x` is not possible if `x` is real.

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Given, `sintheta=x+1/x`
`:. Sin^2theta=x^2+1/x^2+2=(x-1/x)^2+4ge4`
Which is not possible since `sintheta^2le1`.
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