EXERCISE 5A SIMPLE TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES AND EQUATIONS

Simplify the following :

1.

(a) sec x cos x

(b) sin x cos x

(c) (sec x + 1)(sec x 1)

(d)

Solve the following equations for angles between 0o and 360o inclusive.

2.

(a) 2 cos 2x + 1 =

(b) 3 cot2 x = cosec x cot x

(c) 2 cos2 x + 3 sin x = 3

(d) 3 sin x + 2 tan x = 0

(e) sec2 x + 2 tan2 x = 4

(f) 2 sin x cos x + cos2 x = 1

(g) 3 cos (x + 40o) = 4 sin (x + 40o)

(h) (cos x 2)(cos x + 1) = sin2 x

(i) 2 sin x tan x = 3

(j) cot

(k) 2 sin2 x 5 sin x cos x = 3 cos2 x

Find the values of x, where 0o < x < 180o such that

3.

(a) 2 cos2 x + sin 20o = 1

(b) sin (3x + 70o) = 0.2
(c) 8 cosec 2x cot 2x = 3

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWERS :
1. (a) 1

(b) cos x

2. (a) 39o, 141o, 219o, 321o

(c) tan2 x

(d) cosec x

(b) 70.5o, 289.5o

(c) 30o, 90o, 150o, 180o

(d) 0o, 131.8o, 180o, 228.2o

(e) 56.3o, 123.7o, 236.3o, 303.7o

(f) 0o, 63.4o, 180o, 243.4o, 360o

(g) 176.9o, 356.9o

(h) 180o

(i) 60o, 300o

(j) 146.8o

(k) 71.6o, 153.4o, 251.6o, 333.4o

3. (a) 55o

(b) 40.5o, 100.5o, 160.5o

(c) 35.3o , 144.8o

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EXERCISE 5B PROVING IDENTITIES

Prove the following identities :
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

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+

10.
11.

12.
13.
14.

15.

16.

17.

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EXERCISE 5C COMPOUND ANGLE

, find the value of tan A cot B.

1.

Given that

2.

Given that tan (A B) =

and that tan A = , find the exact value of tan B.

3.

Given that

and cot A = 2, evaluate tan B.

4.

Find all the angles between 0o and 360o which satisfy the following equation :
(a) sin (x + 30o) = 2 cos x

(b) sin x cos 40o + cos x sin 40o = 0.5

(c) cos 2x cos 10o = sin 2x sin 10o + 0.51

(d)

(e) tan 5x = tan 2x

5.

Prove the following identities :

(b) tan (180o )

(a)
(c) sec (90o + )

cosec

tan

(d) sin (A + B) + sin (A B)

2 sin A cos B

(e)

(f) tan (A + 45o) tan (A 45o)

(g) tan A + tan B

(h) 2 sin (A + 45o) cos (A + 45o)

(i)

(j) sec (

(m) cot (

(n)

2 cos2 A 1

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWERS :
1.

2.

4. (a) 60o, 240o

(d) 48.4o, 228.4o

3.
(b) 110o , 350o

(c) 246.5o , 145.4o, 204.7o, 325.4o

(e) 60o, 120o, 180o, 240o

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EXERCISE 5D DOUBLE ANGLE

1.

2.

Find all the angles between 0o and 360o which satisfy the following equations :
(a) 4 sin 2x = sin x

(b) 4 sin y cos y = 1

(c) tan 2x tan x = 3

(d) cos 2x 3 cos x + 2 = 0

(e) cos 2y 1 = 3 sin y

(f) (sin x cos x)2 = 2

Prove the following identities :

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e) tan 2A 2 tan 2A sin2 A

(g)
(i) cosec 2A + cot 2A
3.

sin 2A

(f)

cot A

(h)
cot A

(j)

By writing cos 3x as cos (2x + x), show that cos 3x

4 cos3 x 3 cos x. Hence solve the equation 8 cos3x =

6 cos x 1 for 0o < x < 180o.

4.

Find all the angles between 0o and 360o inclusive which satisfy the following equations :
(a) 2 sin 2x + 3 cos x = 0

(b) 4 sin 2x = tan x

(c) 2 cos 2x + 13 sin x = 5

(d) 3 cos 2x = 8 cos x + 5

(e) 4 tan 2x tan x = 1

(f) 3 tan 2x + 4 tan x = 0

(g) 6 sin x cos x + 1 = 0

(h) 2 cos 2x + cos2 x = 1

(i) 4 sin2 x tan2 x = 1

(j) cos 4x 3 cos 2x = 1

(k) cos x (sin x + 2 cos x) = 1

(l) 2 sin (2x + 70o) = sin (x + 35o)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWERS :
1. (a) 0o, 88.2o, 180o, 271.8o, 360o
(c) 37.8o, 142.2o, 217.8o, 322.2o
(e) 180o
3. 40o, 80o, 160o, 200o, 280o, 320o
4. (a) 0o, 228.6o, 311.4o, 360o
(c) 14.5o, 194.5o
(e) 18.4o, 161.6o, 198.4o, 341.6o
(g) 99.8o, 170.3o, 279.8o, 350.3o
(i) 45o, 135o, 225o, 315o
(k) 58.3o, 148.3o, 238.3o, 328.3o

(b) 15o, 75o, 195o, 255o

(d) 60o, 300o
(f) 135o, 315o
(b) 69.3o, 110.7o, 249.3o, 290.7o
(d) 131.8o, 228.2o
(f) 68.2o, 111.8o, 248.2o, 291.8o
(h) 0o, 180o, 360o
(j) 60o, 120o, 240o, 300o
(l) 2 sin (2x + 70o) = sin (x + 35o)
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EXERCISE 5E THE EXPRESSION a cos

+ b sin

Express each of the following as a single trigonometric function.

1.

(a) cos

+ sin

(c) 3 sin

(b)

+ 4 cos

cos

sin

(d) sin -

cos

2.

Given that

3.

Given that 5 sin

4.

Find the maximum and minimum values of each of the following expression and the corresponding values
of , where 0o < x < 360o.
(a) 3 sin
(c) cos

cos

+ sin

, where R > 0 and is acute, evaluate R and .

12 cos

, where R > 0 and is acute, evaluate R and .

4 cos
3 sin

(e) 4 sin

+ 3 cos

(b) 5 sin

+ 12 cos

(d) 3 cos

+ 2 sin

(f) 3 7 cos

+ 24 sin

Find all the angles between 0o and 180o inclusive which satisfy the following equations.

5.

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

(b) 2 cos 3x sin 3x = 2

(c)

Solve the following equations for 0o < x < 360o.

6.

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

(b) 2 cot x = 3 + 2 cosec x
(c) 2 sin x (2 sin x cos x) = 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANSWERS :
1. (a)

cos ( 45o)

2. R = 2 and = 30o

when

(c) 5 sin ( + 53.1o)

(d)

sin( 54.7o)

3. R = 13 and = 67.4o

4. (a) 5 when = 143.1o ,

(c)

(b) 2 cos ( + 30o)

5 when

= 288.4o,

(e) 3 when = 53.1o,

= 323.1o
when

when

= 108.4o

= 233.1o

(b) 13 when = 22.6o, 13 when

(d)

when

(f) 28 when

= 33.7o,

= 106.3o,

5. (a) 135o, 18.4o

(b) 0o, 102.3o, 120o

(c) 33.7o, 90o

6. (a) 75.0o, 313.0o

(b) 247.4o

(c) 70o, 86.6o, 250o

= 202.6o

when
when

= 213.7o

= 286.3o

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