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C3 Differentiation question help :)

The maximum point on the curve with the equation y=x(sqrtsinx)
0<x<pi
is the point A.

Show that the x coordinate of point A satisfies the equation:
2tanx + x =O

I have started this off my differentiating the equation and making it equal to zero. I got:

sinx^-1/2 (sinx + 1/2xcosx) =0

But don't know where to go from here.
Tried to equal sinx^-1/2 to O and then other part to zero, but how can you solve the 2nd part?

Thanks :smile:
Reply 1
for the second one you can just divide across by cosx and it starts to resemble the equation you want

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