Additional exercise

6.5 Trigonometric equations

1 Find the roots of the equations for 0    2 and check on a GDC.

a sec2   4sec  4

b 2cosec  cot   tan 

2 Prove by differentiation from first principles that

d  cos 2 x 
 2sin 2 x
dx
3 Differentiate with respect to x:

a sin 3x

 2  3x 
b tan  
 7 

c 
sin 2 x 2  1 
d cosec x 2  3
4 Differentiate with respect to x:

a  2 x  3 cos x
3x  7
b
sin 4 x
5 Find the gradient of the curve at the given point.


a y  cos 2 x at x 
12

b y  x 4 sec x at x 
4
dy
6 Find when y  arcsin 3x .
dx

7 Find the equation of the tangent to the curve  

y  1  x 2 arccos x when x  0.

8 A triangle has sides 8cm, 8cm and xcm. The angle between the two 8 cm sides is denoted
by A.

dA dx
a Find an expression for in terms of
dt dt

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dx 1 dA
b If = 0.1 cms , find an expression for when the triangle is equilateral.
dt dt
9 A ladder of length 7m is leaning against a vertical wall when it starts to slip down at a rate
1
of 0.4ms . Find the rate of change of x, the distance of the foot of the ladder from the
wall, when the top of the ladder is 6cm above the ground.

Answers
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1 a sec2   4sec  4

  sec   2   0
2

 sec   2
1
 cos  
2
 5
  ,
3 3

b 2cosec  cot   tan

2 cos  sin 
  
sin  sin  cos 
 2 cos   cos 2   sin 2 
1
 cos  
2
 7
  ,
4 4
cos  2  x  h    cos 2 x
2 lim
h 0 h
cos 2 x cos 2 h  sin 2 x sin 2 h  cos 2 x
 lim
h 0 h
 cos 2h  1 sin 2h 
 lim  cos 2 x  sin 2 x 
h 0
 h h 
cos 2h  1 sin 2h
 cos 2 x lim  sin 2 x lim
h 0 h h  0 h
 cos 2 x  0  sin 2 x  2
 2sin 2 x
3 a 3cos 3x

 2  3x   3 
b sec2    
 7   7

3  2  3x 
  sec 2  
7  7 

c 
4 x cos 2 x 2  1 

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 
1 
d cosec x  3 cot x  3  x 2  3
2 2 2  2x
2

xcosec x 2  3 cot x 2  3

x2  3

4 a 2cos x   2 x  3 sin x

3sin 4 x   3x  7   4cos 4 x
b
sin 2 4 x
3sin 4 x  12 x  28 cos 4 x

sin 2 4 x
dy 
5 a  2sin 2 x  2  sin
dx 6
 1
dy
b  4 x3 sec x  x 4 sec x tan x
dx

         
3 4

 4   sec      sec   tan  

4 4 4 4 4
3 4
 4  2  4  2 1
64 256
2 3 2 4
 
16 64
3
6 
1  9x 2

dy 1  x2
7  2 xarccosx 
dx 1  x2

 2 xarccosx  1  x 2
 1
y  x  c

c
2

y x
2

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1
x
2 x
8 a A  2 arcsin  2 arcsin
8 16
dA 2 1 dx
 
dt  x
2 16 dt
1  
 16 
1 dx

x 2 dt
8 1
256

dA 1
b   0.1
dt 1
8 1
4
1
 rad/s
40 3

9 x  49  y 2
1
 2 y   49  y 2  2
dx 1  dy y dy
 
dt 2 dt 49  y 2 dt
6
  0.4  0.6656...  0.666ms 1
13

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