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Trigonometric Relations
Conventional Questions
1. [11-12 Final Exam, #9]
 1
tan 

(a) Prove that sin  cos  tan 2 90     1  . (4 marks)

(b) Hence, without using a calculator, find the value of sin  cos [tan 2 (90   )  1] in surd
1
form if sin   . (2 marks)
5
2. [12-13 Standardized Test 2, #4]
3
It is given that tan( 90   )  , where  is an acute angle.
2
(a) Without evaluating  , find the values of tan  , sin  and cos . (3 marks)
sin 
(b) Hence, without evaluating  , find the value of cos  tan 60  . (2 marks)
cos 60
(Leave your answers in surd form.)

3. [12-13 Standardized Test 2, #5]

sin 3   sin  sin 2 (90   )
(a) Prove that  cos  . (2 marks)
tan 
sin 3   sin  sin 2 (90   )
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve  sin(  20) . (2 marks)
tan 

4. [12-13 Final Exam, #9]

tan(90   ) cos  cos(90   ) 1
(a) Prove that  2 . (3 marks)
sin  sin 
tan  cos(90   )  cos
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve  sin 2   3 where  is an acute
sin(90   )
angle. (3 marks)

5. [13-14 Standardized Test 2, #5]

In Figure 5, ABC // DEF, BE  AC, BC = BE, CE = 2 2 cm A 
D 
and AED  30 . Find AE. (4 marks)

30   

B  E 

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F 
C 
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6. [13-14 Final Exam, #12]
1
It is given that sin(90  θ )  where  is an acute angle. Without using a calculator, find
5
(a) the values of cos, sin and tan in surd forms, (3 marks)
24 cos(   20) tan(  20) cos(2  40)
(b) the value of  in  where  is an acute
25 cos (90  θ )
2
24 tan 2 (90  θ )
angle, by using the result of part (a). (4 marks)

7. [14-15 Standardized Test, #2]

2 cos2 30
Without using calculator, find the acute angle  in sin   . (2 marks)
tan 60

8. [14-15 Standardized Test, #3]

It is given that sin θ = 0.6, where θ is an acute angle. Without finding the value of θ, find the value
sin 2 
of . (3 marks)
cos  tan 

9. [14-15 Standardized Test, #6]

(a) Prove that cos cos   sin  sin  cos cos   sin  sin    1  sin 2   sin 2  . (3 marks)
(b) Hence, find the value of
cos cos   sin  sin  cos cos   sin  sin    cos2   sin 2  . (2 marks)
tan 2 

10. [14-15 Final Exam, #1]

tan  (1  sin 2  )
(a) Prove the identity  cos90    . (3 marks)
cos
3
(b) It is given that tan   . Without finding the value of  , find the values of sin  and
4
cos . (2 marks)

11. [15-16 Standardized Test, #2]

2
It is given that  sin   , where     is an acute angle. Find, without finding the value of   , 
3
the values of  tan  and  cos  . Leave your answers in surd form.  (2 marks) 
 
12. [15-16 Standardized Test, #5]
sin 2   cos 4 90   
(a) Prove that  cos 2  , where θ is an acute angle. (2 marks)
tan 
sin 2 30  cos 4 60
 tan  x  20  , where x is an acute
1
(b) Hence, or otherwise, solve
tan 30 4
angle. (2 marks)
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13. [15-16 Final Exam, #12]
3 1 cos
(a) It is given that tan   , where  is an acute angle. Find the value of without
4 sin 
evaluating . (2 marks)

(b) Simplify sin   cos   1 tan 90     . (3 marks)

14. [15-16 Final Exam, #18]

1  cos  sin 
(a) Prove that  . (2 marks)
sin  1  cos 


(b) In Figure 10, BCD is a straight line and CB = CA = 1, ABD  and  ACD   .
2

Express tan in terms of  . A  (2 marks)
2
 
 
 
 

2  
B  C  D
Figure 10 

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