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A2 Maths Questions

This document contains a worksheet with trigonometry problems involving identities for sine, cosine, and tangent of sums and differences. It asks students to express trigonometric functions in terms of sine and cosine, solve trigonometric equations, prove trigonometric identities using double angle and other formulas, and find exact values of trigonometric functions without a calculator.

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A2 Maths Questions

This document contains a worksheet with trigonometry problems involving identities for sine, cosine, and tangent of sums and differences. It asks students to express trigonometric functions in terms of sine and cosine, solve trigonometric equations, prove trigonometric identities using double angle and other formulas, and find exact values of trigonometric functions without a calculator.

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C3

Worksheet D

TRIGONOMETRY
a Write down the identities for sin (A + B) and cos (A + B).

b Use these identities to obtain similar identities for sin (A B) and cos (A B).
c Use the above identities to obtain similar identities for tan (A + B) and tan (A B).
2

Express each of the following in the form sin , where is acute.


a sin 10 cos 30 + cos 10 sin 30

b sin 67 cos 18 cos 67 sin 18

c sin 62 cos 74 + cos 62 sin 74

d cos 14 cos 39 sin 14 sin 39

Express as a single trigonometric ratio


a cos A cos 2A sin A sin 2A
c

b sin 4A cos B cos 4A sin B

tan 2 A + tan 5 A
1 tan 2 A tan 5 A

d cos A cos 3A + sin A sin 3A

Find in exact form, with a rational denominator, the value of


a sin 15

b sin 165

c cosec 15

d cos 75

e cos 15

f sec 195

g tan 75

h cosec 105

Find the maximum value that each expression can take and the smallest positive value of x, in
degrees, for which this maximum occurs.
a cos x cos 30 + sin x sin 30

b 3 sin x cos 45 + 3 cos x sin 45

c sin x cos 67 cos x sin 67

d 4 sin x sin 108 4 cos x cos 108

Find the minimum value that each expression can take and the smallest positive value of x, in
radians in terms of , for which this minimum occurs.
a sin x cos

cos x sin

b 2 cos x cos

Given that sin A = 45 , 0 < A < 90 and that cos B =


calculator the value of
a tan A

b sin B

2
3

, 0 < B < 90, find without using a

c cos (A + B)

Given that cosec C = 53 , 0 < C < 90 and that sin D =


a calculator the value of
a cos C

2 sin x sin

d 6 sin 2x cos 3x 6 sin 3x cos 2x

c cos 4x cos x + sin 4x sin x


7

5
13

, 90 < D < 180, find without using

c sin (C D)

b cos D

d sin (A + B)

d sec (C D)

Solve each equation for in the interval 0 360.


Give your answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.
tan 2 tan 60
=1
1 + tan 2 tan 60

a sin cos 15 + cos sin 15 = 0.4

c cos ( 60) = sin

d 2 sin + sin ( + 45) = 0

e sin ( + 30) = cos ( 45)

f 3 cos (2 + 60) sin (2 30) = 0

Solomon Press

C3

TRIGONOMETRY

Worksheet D continued

10

Find the value of k such that for all real values of x


cos (x +

11

) cos (x

) k sin x.

Prove each identity.

a cos x cos (x
b sin (x
12

) cos (x +

) + cos x sin (x +

a Use the identity for sin (A + B) to express sin 2A in terms of sin A and cos A.
b Use the identity for cos (A + B) to express cos 2A in terms of sin A and cos A.
c Hence, express cos 2A in terms of
i

cos A

ii sin A

d Use the identity for tan (A + B) to express tan 2A in terms of tan A.


13

Solve each equation for x in the interval 0 x 360.


Give your answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.

14

a cos 2x + cos x = 0

b sin 2x + cos x = 0

c 2 cos 2x = 7 sin x

d 11 cos x = 4 + 3 cos 2x

e tan 2x tan x = 0

f sec x 4 sin x = 0

g 5 sin 4x = 2 sin 2x

h 2 sin2 x cos 2x cos x = 0

Prove each identity.


a (cos x + sin x)2 1 + sin 2x

b tan x (1 + cos 2x) sin 2x

2sin x
tan 2x
2cos x sec x

d tan x + cot x 2 cosec 2x

e cosec 2x cot 2x tan x


g
15

1 sin 2 x
sin x
cosec x 2cos x

h cos 3x 4 cos3 x 3 cos x

Use the double angle identities to prove that


a cos x 2 cos2

16

f (cos x + sin x)(cosec x sec x) 2 cot 2x

x
2

b sin2

a Given that cos A =

7
9

x
2

1
2

(1 cos x)

, 0 < A < 90, find the exact value of sin

b Given that cos B = 83 , 90 < B < 180, find the value of cos

A
2

without using a calculator.

B
,
2

giving your answer in the

form k 5 .
17

Prove each identity.


a

2
x
sec2
2
1 + cos x

1 + cos x
x
cot2
2
1 cos x

Solomon Press

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