Primijenimo u danoj jednadžbi sljedeće identitete
cos2x=21+cos2x,cos22x=21+cos4x.
Slijedi
21+cos2x+21+cos4x+cos23x=1
1+cos2x+1+cos4x+2cos23x=2
cos2x+cos4x+2cos23x=0
2cos22x+4xcos22x−4x+2cos23x=0
2cos3x⋅cosx+2cos23x=0
2cos3x⋅(cosx+cos3x)=0
4cos3x⋅cos2x⋅cosx=0.
Prema tome,
cos3x=0⟹x=6π+3kπ,k∈Z,
cos2x=0⟹x=4π+2kπ,k∈Z,
cosx=0⟹x=2π+kπ,k∈Z.