MCR 3U Trigonometric Identities

Worksheet B

Prove the following identities.

cot θ 1 − sin 2 θ
1. cos θ tan θ = sin θ 2. =
tan θ 1 − cos 2 θ

cos 2 θ csct
List A 3. cot2 θ = 4. = cot t
1 − cos θ
2 sect

(easier) 5. (sin θ + cos θ )2 = 1 + 2 sin θ cos θ 6. 2 sin2 θ - 1 = sin2 θ - cos2 θ

1 1 1
7. + = 8. cos2t = sin2t + 2 cos2t - 1
sin θ
2
cos θ
2
sin θ cos θ
2 2

9. tan θ = tan2 θ cot θ

1 1
10. sec2 θ + csc2 θ = sec2 θ csc2 θ 11. + = 2 sec 2 θ
1 + sin θ 1 − sin θ

List B 12. tan2x - sin2x = sin2x tan2x 13. cot2 θ + sec2 θ = tan2 θ + csc2 θ
1 + 2 sin θ cos θ sec θ + 1 cos θ + 1
(average) 14. = sin θ + cos θ 15. + =0
sin θ + cos θ sec θ − 1 cos θ − 1

16. sin θ + tan θ = tan θ (1 + cos θ ) 17. tan x + cot x = sec x csc x
csc θ csc θ cos θ sin θ cos θ cot θ − tan θ
List C 18. + = 2 sec 2 θ 19. − =
csc θ − 1 csc θ + 1 sec θ cot θ csc θ

(difficult) 20. sin4 θ - cos4 θ = 1 - 2 cos2 θ 21. sec2 θ - sin2 θ = cos2 θ + tan2 θ

cos θ (1 + sin θ )
22. cot θ + cos θ =
sin θ

tan θ sin θ tan θ − sin θ csc θ + cot θ 1 + 2 cos θ + cos 2 θ

List D 23. = 24. =
tan θ + sin θ tan θ sin θ csc θ cot θ sin 2 θ
(very tough)

sin 2 θ cos 2 θ
List E 1− − = sin θ cos θ
1 + cot θ 1 + tan θ
(Arrggh!)

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