Solve $2 \cos^2 x+ \sin x=1$ for all possible $x$ $2\cos^2 x+\sin x=1$
$\Rightarrow 2(1-\sin^2 x)+\sin x=1$
$\Rightarrow 2-2 \sin^2 x+\sin x=1$
$\Rightarrow 0=2 \sin^2 x- \sin x-1$
And so:
$0 = (2 \sin x+1)(\sin x-1)$
So we have to find the solutions of each of these factors separately:
$2 \sin x+1=0$
$\Rightarrow \sin x=\frac{-1}{2}$
and so $x=\frac{7\pi}{6},\frac{11\pi}{6}$
Solving for the other factor,
$\sin x-1=0 \Rightarrow \sin x=1$
And so $x=\frac{\pi}{2}$

Now we have found all our base solutions, and so ALL the solutions can be written as so:
$x= \frac{7\pi}{6} + 2\pi k,\frac{11\pi}{6} + 2\pi k, \frac{\pi}{2} + 2\pi k$

Other way is used identities double angle and sum-product
\begin{eqnarray*} 
2\cos^2x+\sin x& = & 1 \\ 
2\cos^2x-1+\sin x& = & 0\\
\cos(2x)+\sin x& = & 0\\
\cos(2x)+\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) & = & 0\\
2\cos\left(\frac{x}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\cos\left(\frac{3x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{4}\right) & = & 0\\
  \end{eqnarray*} 
