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A violin manufacturer is designing a new violin, and a Lituus curve is being used to model the neck.

The equations of the curve are

x=costt,y=sintt

for π60tπ6.

The manufacturer requires to know the x coordinate of the point B, which is the intersection between the x axis and the tangent to the curve at the point A, where A has x-coordinate equal to 0.

Find the exact x coordinate of the point B.


The answer is of the form nπ for some nN. Give the value of n.