Given m=(3sinx,2) and n=(2cosx,cos2x), let the function f(x)=m⋅n, (1) Find the range of the function f(x); (2) In △ABC, with angles A, B, C and sides a, b, c satisfying a=2, f(A)=2, sinB=2sinC, find the length of side c.
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Solution: (1) Since m=(3sinx,2) and n=(2cosx,cos2x), then f(x)=m⋅n=23sinxcosx+2cos2x=3sin2x+cos2x+1=2sin(2x+6π)+1, Since −1⩽sin(2x+6π)⩽1, then −1⩽2sin(2x+6π)+1⩽3, thus, the range of the function f(x) is [−1,3]; (2) Since f(A)=2, then 2sin(2A+6π)+1=2, thus sin(2A+6π)=21 thus 2A+6π=2kπ+6π, or 2A+6π=2kπ+65π, k∈Z, thus A=kπ (discard this), A=kπ+3π, k∈Z, Since 0<A<π, thus A=3π, Since sinB=2sinC, by the Law of Sines, we get b=2c, Since a=2, by the Law of Cosines, we get a2=b2+c2−2bccosA, thus 3c2=4, solving this, we get c=323.
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