Trigonometry

BMS

1) Prove the following:

(i) sin2 𝜃 + cos2 𝜃 = 1

(ii) 1 + cot 2 𝜃 = cosec 2 𝜃

(iii) 1 + tan2 𝜃 = sec 2 𝜃

2) It is given that 𝑓(𝑥) = sin 𝑥. Describe 𝑔(𝑥) = cos 𝑥 in terms of 𝑓(𝑥).

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3) Find all values of 𝑥 which satisfy cos −1(sin( − 𝑥)) =
2 2

4) Find all solutions to sin2 𝑥 + 5sin𝑥cos𝑥 + 6cos2 𝑥 = 0 in the range 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4𝜋

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5) How many solutions does sin (cos 𝑥) = 2 have? What are they?

6) Sketch the graph of all points in the 𝑥𝑦 plane which satisfy:

(i) sin 𝑥 = sin 𝑦

(ii) cos 𝑥 = cos 𝑦

(iii) tan 𝑥 = tan 𝑦

(iv) sin 𝑥 = cos 𝑦

7) Region 𝑅 contains all points (𝑥, 𝑦) such that 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ≤ 100 and sin(𝑥 + 𝑦) ≥ 0. Find the
area of the region 𝑅.

8) Let 𝑓(𝑎) = sin 𝑎𝑥 where 𝑎 ∈ ℕ.

(i) Describe 𝑓(𝑎)

(ii) How many solutions are there in the range 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 2𝜋 such that 𝑓(𝑎) = 𝑓(𝑏) where 𝑏 ∈ ℕ