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Trig Part 3 Questions - A Level Maths Edexcel

This document provides instructions and information for a mathematics examination, including guidelines on how to answer questions, the use of materials, and the total marks available. It consists of 9 questions covering various mathematical concepts, requiring proofs, simplifications, and problem-solving. Candidates are advised to show their working and provide answers to three significant figures where applicable.

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Trig Part 3 Questions - A Level Maths Edexcel

This document provides instructions and information for a mathematics examination, including guidelines on how to answer questions, the use of materials, and the total marks available. It consists of 9 questions covering various mathematical concepts, requiring proofs, simplifications, and problem-solving. Candidates are advised to show their working and provide answers to three significant figures where applicable.

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Instructions

 Use black ink or ball-point pen.


 If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number.
 Answer all the questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
 You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear. Answers without working may
not gain full credit.
 Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.

Information
 A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
 There are 9 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 96.
 The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much time to
spend on each question.
 Calculators must not be used for questions marked with a * sign.

Advice
 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
 Try to answer every question.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
 If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and any working
underneath.
1. (i) (a) Show that 2 tan x – cot x = 5 cosec x may be written in the form

a cos2 x + b cos x + c = 0

stating the values of the constants a, b and c.


(4)
(b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ x < 2π, the equation

2 tan x – cot x = 5 cosec x

giving your answers to 3 significant figures.


(4)
(ii) Show that

n

tan θ + cot θ ≡ λ cosec 2θ, 2 , nℤ

stating the value of the constant λ.


(4)
(Total 12 marks)

2. (a) Express 4 cosec2 2θ − cosec2 θ in terms of sin θ and cos θ.


(2)
(b) Hence show that
4 cosec2 2θ − cosec2 θ = sec2 θ .
(4)
(c) Hence or otherwise solve, for 0 < θ < ,

4 cosec2 2θ − cosec2 θ = 4

giving your answers in terms of .


(3)
(Total 9 marks)
3. (a) Prove that
1 cos 2

sin 2 sin 2 = tan ,   90n, n  ℤ.
(4)
(b) Hence, or otherwise,

(i) show that tan 15 = 2 – 3,


(3)
(ii) solve, for 0 < x < 360°,

cosec 4x – cot 4x = 1.
(5)
(Total 12 marks)

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4. (a) Show that

cosec 2x + cot 2x = cot x, x ≠ 90n°, nℤ


(5)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 180°,

cosec (4θ + 10°) + cot (4θ + 10°) = √3

You must show your working.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)


(5)
(Total 10 marks)
5. (a) Prove that
n
2 cot 2x + tan x  cot x, x 2 , nℤ
(4)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve, for –π ≤ x < π,

6 cot 2x + 3 tan x = cosec2 x – 2.

Give your answers to 3 decimal places.

(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)


(6)
(Total 10 marks)

6. (a) Prove that

cos A  sin A (2n  1)


sec 2A + tan 2A  cos A  sin A , A 4 , n ℤ.
(5)
(b) Hence solve, for 0   < 2,
1
sec 2 + tan 2 = 2 .
Give your answers to 3 decimal places.
(4)
(Total 9 marks)

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7. f(x) = 7 cos 2x − 24 sin 2x.
Given that f(x) = R cos (2x + α), where R > 0 and 0 < α < 90,

(a) find the value of R and the value of α. (3)

(b) Hence solve the equation


7 cos 2x − 24 sin 2x = 12.5

for 0  x < 180, giving your answers to 1 decimal place.


(5)
(c) Express 14 cos2 x − 48 sin x cos x in the form a cos 2x + b sin 2x + c, where a, b, and c
are constants to be found.
(2)
(d) Hence, using your answers to parts (a) and (c), deduce the maximum value of

14 cos2 x − 48 sin x cos x.


(2)
(Total 12 marks)

8. (a) Starting from the formulae for sin (A + B) and cos (A + B), prove that
tan A  tan B
tan (A + B) = 1  tan A tan B . (4)
(b) Deduce that

  1   3 tan 
  
tan  6  =  3  tan  .
(3)
(c) Hence, or otherwise, solve, for 0  θ  π,

1 + √3 tan θ = (√3 − tan θ) tan (π − θ).

Give your answers as multiples of π.


(6)
(Total 13 marks)

9. (a) Prove that


sin 2x – tan x tan x cos 2x, x (2n + 1)90°, n
(4)
(b) Given that x 90° and x 270°, solve, for 0 x < 360°,
sin 2x – tan x = 3 tan x sin x
Give your answers in degrees to one decimal place where appropriate.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
(5) (Total 9 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER: 96 MARKS

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