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1. ALGEBRA

Quadratic Equation

For the equation ax 2  bx  c  0

 b  b 2  4ac
x
2a

Binomial expansion
n n n
(a  b) n  a n   a n 1b   a n 2 b 2     a n  r b r    b n ,
1  2 r
n n! n(n  1)  (n  r  1)
where n is a positive integer and    
 r  r!(n  r )! r!

2. TRIGONOMETRY

Identities
sin2 A  cos2 A  1
sec2 A  1  tan2 A
cosec2 A  1  cot 2 A
sin(A  B)  sin A cos B  cos A sin B
cos(A  B)  cos A cos B  sin A sin B
tan A  tan B
tan(A  B) 
1  tan A tan B
sin 2 A  2 sin A cos A
cos2 A  cos A  sin2 A  2 cos2 A  1  1  2 sin2 A
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2 tan A
tan 2 A 
1  tan 2 A

Formulae for ABC

a b c
 
sin A sin B sin C
a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A
1
  bcsin A
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tan A [3]
1 Given that sin( A  B)  2sin( A  B) , find .
tan B
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2 Show that  tan   sin   tan   sin    tan 2  sin 2  . [3]

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2  cosec 2 A sin A  cos A

3 Show that  . [4]
cosec A  2 cot A sin A  cos A
2
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4 A farmer puts fences around the perimeter of his field ABCD.

It is given that AB  15 m, BC  7 m, angle ADC  90 and
angle DAB  angle BCD   , where 0    90 .

A
15 m

7m

D C

(a) Show that the length of AD can be expressed as AD  15cos   7 sin  . [2]

(b) Express AD in the form R cos     , where R  0 and 0     90  . [4]

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(c) Find the greatest possible value of AD and the value of  at which this occurs. [3]

(d) Find the value of  for which AD  12 . [2]

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5 (i) Differentiate y  x 3  3x 2  8 x  9 with respect to x. [2]

dy
(ii) Find the values of x for which  0. [3]
dx
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x  16
6 (a) Express in partial fractions. [4]
2x  9x  5
2

d  x  16 
(b) Hence, find  . [3]
dx  2 x 2  9 x  5 