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Graphs of Sine and Cosine · Challenge problem

A horizontal line y=ky=k, with 0<k<40<k<4, meets the graph of y=4sin⁡xy=4\sin x at points whose three smallest positive xx-coordinates are x1<x2<x3x_1<x_2<x_3. If x3−x2=2(x2−x1)x_3-x_2=2(x_2-x_1), find kk.