Trigonometry for Math Students
Trigonometry for Math Students
(3B09A006)
Teaching Examples
Teaching Example 9.6
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(3B09A001) It is given that tan , where is an acute angle. Find the value of sin + cos without evaluating .
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Teaching Example 9.1 (Give your answer in fraction.)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
(a) cos 60 tan 30 tan 60 (3B09A007)
tan 45 4 sin 30 Teaching Example 9.7
(b)
cos 2 30 Simplify the following expressions.
(c) tan 60 sin 60 sin2 45 sin
(a)
tan cos 2
(3B09A002) (b) 4 sin 2 4 cos 2
Teaching Example 9.2 6 3 sin 2
(c)
Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator. 4 cos 2 4
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(3B09A012) (3B09A017)
Teaching Example 9.12 Teaching Example 9.3 (Extra)
Find the acute angle in each of the following equations by using the trigonometric identities. The figure shows two shadows AD and BD of a tree CD at 9:00 a.m.
1 and 4:30 p.m. respectively. If the height of the tree is 8 m, find the
(a) tan
tan 66 distance between A and B. (Leave your answer in surd form.)
(b) cos ( 30) sin
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2
(3B09A018)
(3B09A013) Teaching Example 9.14 (Extra)
Teaching Example 9.13 Find the value of 3 3 tan2 26 sin 2 64 3 cos 2 26 .
Simplify the following expressions.
(a) sin (90 ) cos (90 ) tan (90 ) (3B09A019)
(b) cos (90 ) sin sin (90 )
2
Teaching Example 9.15 (Extra)
Prove that 1 cos 2 (90 ) sin 2 tan 2 (90 ) .
(3B09A014)
Teaching Example 9.14
Find the values of the following expressions.
1 sin 2 37
(a)
sin 2 53
(b) cos 21 tan 69 sin 21
Pre-study Questions (3B09B006)
Find the three trigonometric ratios of in the figure.
(3B09B001)
Find the values of the following expressions correct to 3 significant figures.
(a) sin 15 cos 65
(b) tan 80 2 sin 43
(3B09B002)
Find the values of the following expressions correct to 3 significant figures.
(a) cos 54 tan12
tan 82 (3B09B007)
(b)
sin 56 Find the three trigonometric ratios of in the figure.
(Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
(3B09B003)
In each of the following, find the acute angle correct to the nearest 0.1.
(a) sin 0.623
(b) cos 0.584
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(3B09B004)
In each of the following, find the acute angle correct to the nearest 0.1. (3B09B008)
(a) sin cos 54 tan 21 Find the three trigonometric ratios of in the figure.
(b) tan cos 82 sin 27 (Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
(3B09B005)
In each of the following, find the acute angle correct to the nearest 0.1.
sin 52
(a) cos
tan 48
(b) sin (tan 23) 2
(3B09B009) (3B09B013)
Find the unknown in the figure correct to 4 significant figures. Find the unknowns in the figure.
(3B09B010)
Find the unknown in the figure correct to 4 significant figures.
(3B09B011)
Find the unknown in the figure correct to 4 significant figures.
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(3B09B012)
Find the unknowns in the figure.
Level 1 Questions (3B09C008)
Find the value of 3 sin 45 cos 30 tan 30 without using a calculator.
§9.1 Trigonometric Ratios of Special Angles (Leave your answer in surd form.)
(3B09C001)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator. (3B09C009)
(a) 1 2 sin 30 tan 45 sin 30
Find the value of without using a calculator.
(b) 3 tan 45 2 cos 60
(3B09C002) (3B09C010)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator. Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator.
(Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.) (a) 2 cos 3
(a) cos 45 sin 45 (b) 1 2 sin 0
(b) tan 60 2 cos 30
(3B09C011)
(3B09C003) Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator.
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator. (a) sin sin 30 tan 60
(Leave your answers in surd form.) cos 30
(b) tan
(a) 2 sin 60 cos 60 sin 2 45
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cos 45
(b)
tan 30 (3B09C012)
Find the unknown in the figure without using a calculator.
(3B09C004)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
(a) 3 tan 2 60
(b) sin 2 60 cos 2 60
(3B09C005)
tan 60 (3B09C013)
Find the value of without using a calculator.
sin 30 1 Find the unknown in the figure without using a calculator.
(Leave your answer in surd form.)
(3B09C006)
Find the value of cos 60 2 tan 45 sin 30 without using a calculator.
(3B09C007)
Find the value of 2 sin 30 cos 60 tan 45 without using a calculator.
(3B09C014) (3B09C018)
Find the unknown in the figure without using a calculator. It is given that cos 0.92 , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without
evaluating .
(a) sin
(b) tan
(Leave your answers in surd form.)
(3B09C019)
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It is given that sin , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without
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evaluating .
§9.2 Finding Trigonometric Ratios by Constructing Right-Angled Triangles (a) cos
(3B09C015) (b) tan
5 (Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
It is given that tan , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without evaluating
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. (3B09C020)
(a) sin It is given that tan 6 , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without evaluating
(b) cos .
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(a) sin
(3B09C016) (b) cos
3 (Leave your answers in surd form.)
It is given that cos , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without evaluating
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. §9.3A Basic Trigonometric Identities
(a) sin (3B09C021)
(b) tan Simplify the following expressions.
(Leave your answers in surd form.) cos sin
(a)
cos
(3B09C017) sin 2
(b)
It is given that sin 0.3 , where is an acute angle. Find the values of the following without evaluating 1 cos 2
.
(a) cos (3B09C022)
(b) tan Simplify the following expressions.
(Leave your answers in surd form.) (a) cos tan 2 sin
(b) sin 3 sin cos 2
(3B09C023) §9.3B Trigonometric Ratios of Complementary Angles
Simplify the following expressions. (3B09C030)
sin 2 Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator.
(a) 1
tan 2 (a) sin cos 58
1 1
(b) tan sin (b) tan
cos tan16
(3B09C024) (3B09C031)
Simplify the following expressions. Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator.
(a) cos 2 (1 tan 2 ) (a) cos 2 sin 24
sin 3 1
(b) tan (b) tan( 10)
cos tan 35
(3B09C025) (3B09C032)
Simplify the following expressions. Find the acute angle in each of the following equations without using a calculator.
(a) (cos sin ) 2 2 sin cos (a) sin( 12) cos
(b) (1 sin )(1 sin ) 1
(b) tan 3
tan
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(3B09C026)
4 (3B09C033)
It is given that sin , where is an acute angle. Using the trigonometric identities, find the values of
9 Simplify the following expressions.
cos and tan . (Leave your answers in surd form.) cos(90 )
(a)
2 sin
(3B09C027) (b) tan tan(90 )
It is given that tan 8 , where is an acute angle. Using the trigonometric identities, find the values of
sin and cos . (Leave your answers in surd form.) (3B09C034)
Simplify the following expressions.
(3B09C028) 1
(a)
15 sin(90 ) tan
It is given that cos , where is an acute angle. Using the trigonometric identities, find the value of
17 cos 2
(b)
1 tan sin . 1 cos 2 (90 )
(3B09C029)
It is given that tan 2 , where is an acute angle. Using the trigonometric identities, find the value of
sin 2 cos 2 .
(3B09C035) §9.3C Proofs of Simple Trigonometric Identities
Simplify the following expressions. (3B09C040)
cos(90 ) 1
(a) tan Prove that 1 tan 2 .
sin(90 ) cos
2
1 1
(b)
sin tan(90 ) sin(90 ) (3B09C041)
Prove that sin 3 sin sin cos 2 .
(3B09C036)
Simplify the following expressions. (3B09C042)
cos 1 tan(90 )
(a) Prove that .
cos(90 ) tan(90 ) sin cos
sin 2 (90 ) 1
(b)
cos(90 ) sin (3B09C043)
tan sin(90 )
Prove that 1.
(3B09C037) cos(90 )
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
3 cos 27
(a)
2 sin 63
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(3B09C038)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
(a) cos 2 50 cos 2 40
1 sin 81
(b)
tan 81 sin 9
(3B09C039)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
1 sin 2 15
(a)
sin 2 75
tan 70 1
(b)
cos 20 sin 20
Level 2 Questions (3B09D009)
Refer to the figure. Without using a calculator, find
§9.1 Trigonometric Ratios of Special Angles (a) CBD,
(b) AB. (Leave your answer in surd form.)
(3B09D001)
Find the value of cos 60 tan 45 sin 60 tan 30 without using a calculator.
(3B09D002)
(3B09D010)
Find the value of (sin 45 cos 45)(tan 60 cos 30) without using a calculator.
Refer to the figure. Without using a calculator, find
(a) PQ,
(3B09D003) (b) RS,
(c) PR.
1
Find the value of 2 sin 30 (cos 60 sin 2 45) without using a calculator. (Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
tan 45
(3B09D004)
1 1
Find the value of 2 sin 2 45 cos 60 without using a calculator. (3B09D011)
tan 30 cos 30
2 2
Refer to the figure. Without using a calculator, find
(a) CD,
(3B09D005) (b) the area of △ABC.
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(3B09D006)
Find the acute angle in 2 tan( 40) 2 sin 45 without using a calculator.
(3B09D012)
Refer to the figure. Find AD.
(3B09D007)
(Leave your answer in surd form.)
Find the acute angle in 2 sin 70 tan 60 0 without using a calculator.
2
(3B09D008)
(3B09D013)
Refer to the figure. Without using a calculator, find
(a) BC, In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find ABC.
(b) BD.
(Leave your answers in surd form if necessary.)
§9.2 Finding Trigonometric Ratios by Constructing Right-Angled Triangles (3B09D020)
(3B09D014) Simplify the following expressions.
1 cos 1
It is given that tan 3 , where is an acute angle. Find the value of without evaluating . (a) tan 2 sin
sin sin
(Leave your answer in surd form.) tan
(b)
1
tan
(3B09D015) tan
33
It is given that sin , where is an acute angle. Find the value of sin tan 2 cos without
7 (3B09D021)
evaluating . Simplify the following expressions.
(a) sin4 + cos2 + sin2 cos2
(3B09D016) 2 2
(b) tan
It is given that tan = x, where is an acute angle. tan sin cos
(a) Express sin and cos in terms of x.
2 cos (3B09D022)
(b) Express in terms of x.
sin 2 2 tan 2
Simplify .
cos 1 sin
(3B09D017)
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1 (3B09D023)
It is given that cos , where is an acute angle. Express tan 2 sin 2 in terms of y.
y Simplify (1 – tan )2 + (1 + tan )2.
1 tan cos(90 ) 1
(b) Hence, solve , where is an acute angle. (3B09E002)
2 cos cos cos
2
In the figure, AB // CD, FEG 45 , EGF 60 , FGH 90 and EF 3 2 . Find GH without
using a calculator.
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(3B09E003)
It is given that (sin cos ) 2 a , where is an acute angle and a > 0. By using an identity
x 3 y 3 ( x y)( x 2 xy y 2 ) , express sin 3 cos 3 in terms of a.
(3B09E004)
Find the values of the following expressions without using a calculator.
(a) sin 2 10 sin 2 20 sin 2 40 sin 2 50 sin 2 70 sin 2 80
(b) tan2 10 tan2 20 tan2 40 tan2 50 tan2 70 tan2 80
(3B09E005)
cos(90 ) cos sin(90 ) sin
(a) Prove that 2 tan(90 ) cos .
cos 1 cos 1
cos(90 ) cos sin(90 ) sin
(b) Hence, simplify .
cos(90 ) 1 cos(90 ) 1
(3B09E006) Multiple Choice Questions
1 sin 1 sin
(a) (i) Prove that for any acute angle .
1 sin cos (3B09F001)
1 cos 1 cos sin 30cos 45
(ii) Hence, prove that for any acute angle .
1 cos sin tan 60
1
1 sin 1 sin 1 cos 1 cos A.
(b) Using the result of (a), simplify
1 cos 1 cos
.
6
1 sin 1 sin 1
B.
2 6
(3B09E007) 2 3
C.
In the figure, AD and CE are two altitudes of an isosceles triangle ABC, where AB = AC = b, BC = a, 5
AD = h and BAD = . 3
D.
2
(3B09F002)
3 tan2 30 + 2 cos2 45 =
A. 2
B. 5
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C. 3 32 2
(a) Express sin and cos in terms of a, b and h. 3 2
D.
(b) (i) Express EAC in terms of . 3 2
(ii) Hence, express sin 2 in terms of a, b and h.
(c) Using the results of (a) and (b)(ii), prove that sin 2 2 sin cos . (3B09F003)
2 sin 2 60 tan 60 cos 30
3
A. 3
2
1 3
B.
2 2
C. 0
3
D.
2
(3B09F004) (3B09F006)
Refer to the figure, AC = In the figure, AD // BC, CBD = , BCA = 30, AC = 4 and BD = 2 3 . Find sin .
A. 3 2 cm .
B. 6 2 cm . 1
A.
C. 6 3 cm . 2
D. 12 cm. 1
B.
3
(3B09F005) 1
C.
Find the area of △PQR in the figure. 2 3
(Leave your answer in surd form if necessary.) 3
D.
2
(3B09F007)
In the figure, PSQ is a straight line. Find PQ.
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49
A. cm 2
4
49
B. cm 2
2
49
C. cm 2
2 3
A. 2(1 3 )
49 3
D. cm 2
2 B. 2 3
C. 3 2
3
D. 3
2
(3B09F008) (3B09F011)
In the figure, ADB is a straight line. Find AD : BD. If sin 1 cos 60 , where is an acute angle, find the value of tan .
1
A.
2
B. 1
C. 3
3
D.
3
A. 1:2
B. 1: 3 (3B09F012)
cos 55
C. ( 3 1) : 1 Given that tan , where is an acute angle, find the value of .
sin 55
A. 35
D. ( 3 1) : 3
B. 45
C. 55
(3B09F009) D. 65
In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium. Find BC.
(3B09F013)
(3 3 ) cm
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A.
Find the acute angle if cos sin(2 30) .
A. 30
B. (5 3 ) cm
B. 40
C. 3 3 cm C. 50
D. 5 3 cm D. 60
(3B09F010) (3B09F014)
Find the acute angle if cos sin 2 45 . 2
Given that sin , express cos in terms of a.
A. 30 a
B. 45 a
A.
C. 60 2
D. 80
B. a2 4
a2 4
C.
a
a2 4
D.
2
(3B09F015) (3B09F018)
12 4 8 sin 3 cos
Given that cos , where is an acute angle, find the value of 6 tan 5sin . Given that tan(90 ) , where is an acute angle, find the value of .
13 3 cos
5 A. 2
A.
156 B. 3
15 C. 6
B.
26 D. 9
20
C.
13 (3B09F019)
53 cos 24.8
D. sin 24.8
12 tan 65.2
A. 1
(3B09F016) B. 0
7 cos C. 1
Given that tan = , where is an acute angle, find the value of .
8 sin D. 2
1
A.
8 (3B09F020)
7 cos 213.4 cos 2 76.6
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B.
8 A. 0
8 B. 1
C.
7 C. 2
63 D. 90
D.
8
(3B09F021)
(3B09F017) sin 2 38.2 tan2 51.8 cos 2 51.8
4 cos A. –1
Given that sin = , where is an acute angle, find the value of .
5 tan B. 0
1 C. 1
A.
4 D. 2
5
B.
4
3
C.
8
9
D.
20
(3B09F022) (3B09F026)
cos(50 ) sin 60 Simplify cos 2 [tan tan(90 )] .
sin( 40) tan 30 A. tan
A. sin ( + 50) 1
B.
B. tan ( + 40) tan
3 C. sin
C.
2 D. 1
3
D. (3B09F027)
2
cos 1
Simplify .
(3B09F023) sin 2
If 4 sin 5 cos 2 sin cos , then tan = A.
1
A. 3. 1 cos
1
B.
1
. B.
3 1 cos
1 1
C. . C.
3 1 cos
D. 3. 1
D.
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1 cos
(3B09F024)
Simplify tan sin 2 sin(90 ) . (3B09F028)
A. sin cos Simplify [cos cos (90 )]2 2 sin cos .
B. sin cos 2 A. 0
C. sin 2 cos B. 1
D. sin 3 C. sin + cos
D. cos sin
(3B09F025)
(3B09F029)
sin 2 1
Simplify . Which of the following is/are an identity/identities?
cos 3
A. cos I. cos 2 2 cos
B. cos II. cos 2 sin 2 tan 45
sin
1 III. sin
sin
C.
cos
1 A. II only
D. B. I and II only
cos
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
(3B09F030)
Which of the following are identities?
3B Chapter 9 Quiz
I. tan(90 ) sin cos
II. cos 2 sin 2 2 cos 2 1 Trigonometric Relations
1
III. 1 tan 2
cos (90 )
2
1. Find the value of 2 tan 45 sin 30 without using a calculator.
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2. Find the acute angle in 2 cos sin 60 without using a
2
calculator.
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4. It is given that cos , where is an acute angle. Find the
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values of sin and tan without evaluating . (Leave your
answers in surd form.)
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5. It is given that sin 0.2 , where is an acute angle. Find the value of
tan
without evaluating . (Give your answers in fractions.)
cos
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7. It is given that tan 3, where is an acute angle. Using the
3 sin cos
trigonometric identities, find the value of .
4 sin
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cos (90 )
8. Simplify .
tan
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1
9. Simplify sin .
sin
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2
10. Simplify tan .
tan (90 ) 12. It is given that cos
3
, where is an acute angle. Find the value of
4
without
4 sin tan
________________________________________ evaluating .
(Leave your answer in surd form.)
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(4 marks)
Section B (20 marks)
(Write your mathematical expressions, answers and statements/conclusions in the spaces provided.)
(5 marks)
13. It is given that tan 5, where is an acute angle. Using the trigonometric identities, find the value sin 2 (90 ) 1
15. Prove that tan .
of (cos sin )2 . cos (1 sin ) cos
(4 marks) (4 marks)