a.
\The trigonometric equation is
.
Rewrite the equation as 
Apply sine difference identity :
.
Solve
in the interval
.

The general solution of
is
, where
is an integer.
The solution is
, where
is an integer.
If
,
.
If
,
.
If
,
.
Thus, the solutions are
,
, and
on the interval
.
b.
\The trigonometric equation is
.
Let the functions are
and
.
Draw a coordinate plane.
\Graph the two functions
and
on the interval
in same window.
Graph :
\
Observe the above graph :
\The two functions intersects at
,
, and
on the interval
.
a. The solutions are
,
, and
on the interval
.
b. The two functions intersects at
,
, and
on the interval
.