Find this $a,b,c$ such that $\sqrt{9-8\sin 50^{\circ}}=a+b\sin c^{\circ}$ It is known that$$\sqrt{9-8\sin 50^{\circ}}=a+b\sin c^{\circ}$$
for exactly one set of positive integers $(a,b,c)$ where $0&lt;c&lt;90$

find the value 
$$\dfrac{b+c}{a}$$

my idea,$ \sin 50^\circ &gt;\sin 45^\circ &gt;\frac{_5}{^8} $

so$\sqrt{9-8\sin 50^{\circ}}&lt;2$,then $a=1$

then $$\dfrac{b^2}{16}(1-\cos{(2c)})+\dfrac{b}{4}\sin{c}=1-\sin{50^{0}}$$

so $b=4$

then we have $\sin{c}-\cos{(2c)}=-\sin{50^{0}}$

then my question: How can prove this $c$ must equality 10?

Thank you everyone: yesterday,when I go to bed, I have consider this:let $f(c)=\sin{c}-\cos{(2c)}$.then we have $f(10)=\sin{10}-\cos{20}=\cos{80}-\cos{20}=2\sin{\dfrac{80-20}{2}}\sin{\dfrac{80+20}{2}}=\sin{50}$, by other hand, we have $f'(c)=\cos{c}+2\sin{2c}&gt;0,0&lt;c&lt;\dfrac{\pi}{2}$,so if we $f(c)=f(10)$,we must $c=10$
We have the following (working in degrees):

$$\cos 20 - \cos 80 = \cos(50-30) - \cos(50+30) = 2 \sin 50 \sin 30 = \sin 50$$

Thus we have that

$$1 - 2\sin^2 10 - \sin 10 = \sin 50$$

(using $\cos 20 = 1 - 2 \sin^2 10$ and $\cos 80 = \sin (90 - 80) = \sin 10$)

And so

$$9 - 8 \sin 50 = 9 - 8(1 - 2\sin^2 10 - \sin 10) = 1 + 8\sin 10 + 16\sin^2 10 = (1 + 4 \sin 10)^2$$

Thus $a=1, b=4, c=10$.
Well the most forward way I think of is using the fact that $cos(2c)=1-2sin^2(c)$. This gives you some equation like:

$2X^2+X-(1+sin(50°))=0$ where $X=sin(c)$

Once you have $sin(c)$ you can get $c$ quite easily given your condition over $c$.