CAPE Pure Mathematics Unit 1 (6B)

Term 2 – Wk 4 – Jan 30 – Feb 3, 2023 Worksheet 4 – Trig 2 – Solving Equations & Trig Proofs

1) Give all the values of 𝑥 ∈ [0, 2𝜋] for the following equations.
a) 2 sin 𝑥 + 0.5 = 3
b) 2 sin 𝑥 − 1 = 1
c) 2 cos 𝑥 + 1 = 1.5
d) 3 tan 𝑥 = 102
e) 2 tan 𝑥 − 20 = 54
f) 3 sin 𝑥 = −1
g) 3 sin 𝑥 + 2 = −1
h) 3 cos 𝑥 − 1 = −2

2) Find all the angles between 0° and 360° which satisfy the following equations
a) 3 sin2 𝑥 − 7 sin 𝑥 cos 𝑥 = 0
b) 6 cos 𝑥 − 6 cos2 𝑥 = 3 cos 2 𝑥
c) (2 + tan 𝑥) cot 𝑥 = 3
d) 3 sin2 𝑥 + 5 cos2 𝑥 = 4
e) cot 2 𝑥 + 2 cosec 𝑥 = 7
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3) If cos 𝐴 = 13 find the value of sin 𝐴 and tan 𝐴 without using a calculator.

𝜋
4) Find the value of A if 5 sin2 𝐴 − 2 = cos2 𝐴 where 0° ≤ 𝐴 ≤ 2

5) Prove the following trigonometric statements

a) tan2 𝑥 − sin2 𝑥 ≡ sin2 𝑥 tan2 𝑥
b) sin A + 4 cos A  4 − 3 sin A
2 2 2

c) (cos A + sin A) + (cos A − sin A) = 2

2 2

cos 𝐴
d) sec 𝐴 − 1+sin 𝐴 ≡ tan 𝐴
sin 𝐴 − cos 𝐴
e) = sin 𝐴 cos 𝐴
sec 𝐴− cosec 𝐴

S. Kenny-Bennett February 2019