Chapter 17 – Further trigonometry solutions – Worked solutions

Solutions to Exercise 17C

Foundation

Question 1

(a)
π π
domain: x Î ! , range: - < y<
2 2
It is an odd function.

(b)
domain: -1 £ x £ 1 , range: 0 £ y £ π

It is neither an odd nor an even function.

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(c)
π π
domain: -1 £ x £ 1 , range: - £ y£
2 2
It is an odd function.
Question 2

(a) y = sin -1 ( x - 1) is y = sin -1 x shifted right 1 unit

π π
domain: 0 £ x £ 2 , range: - £ y£
2 2
It is neither an odd nor an even function.

(b) y = cos-1 ( x + 1) is y = cos-1 x shifted left 1 unit

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domain: -2 £ x £ 0 , range: 0 £ y £ π

It is neither an odd nor an even function.

π π
(c) y- = tan -1 x is y = tan -1 x shifted up units
2 2

domain: x Î ! , range: 0 < y < π

It is neither an odd nor an even function.

Question 3

(a) y = - cos -1 x is y = cos-1 x reflected in the x- axis

domain: -1 £ x £ 1 , range: - π £ y £ 0

It is neither an odd nor an even function.

(b) y = tan -1 ( - x ) is y = tan -1 x reflected in the y - axis

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π π
domain: x Î ! , range: - < y<
2 2
It is an odd function.

(c) y = - sin -1 ( - x ) is y = sin -1 x reflected in both axes

π π
domain: -1 £ x £ 1 , range: - £ y£
2 2
It is an odd function.

Development
Question 4
(a) (i)

π
(ii) The graph obtained by adding the graphs of y = cos-1 x and y = sin -1 x -
2
π
is the graph of y = .
2

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(b) (i)

(ii)
Question 5
(a) -1 £ 1 - x £ 1
-2 £ - x £ 0
0£ x£2
domain: 0 £ x £ 2
π π
(b) range: - £ y£
2 2
(c)
x 0 1 2
y π 0 π
-
2 2

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(d) The two graphs are symmetrical about x = .
2
Question 6

(a) y = cos-1 (1 - x ) is y = cos-1 x reflected in the y - axis and shifted right 1 unit

domain: 0 £ x £ 2 , range: 0 £ y £ π

(b) y = - sin -1 ( x + 1) is y = sin -1 x reflected in the x- axis and shifted left 1 unit

π π
domain: -2 £ x £ 0 , range: - £ y£
2 2

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(c) y = - tan -1 (1 - x ) is y = tan -1 x reflected in both axes and shifted right 1 unit

π π
domain: x Î ! , range: - < y<
2 2
Question 7

y = sin ( sin -1 2 x ) is the graph of y = 2 x for - £ x £

1 1
(a) and -1 £ y £ 1
2 2

It is an odd function.

æ xö x
(b) y = cos ç cos -1 ÷ is the graph of y = for -2 £ x £ 2 and -1 £ y £ 1
è 2ø 2

It is an odd function.

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(c) y = tan ( tan -1 ( x -1) ) is the graph of y = x - 1 for x Î !

It is neither an odd nor an even function.

Question 8

(a) ( )
By using a right-angled triangle, sin cos -1 x = 1 - x 2 .

The domain of y = 1 - x 2 is -1 £ x £ 1 .

It is an even function.

(b) Let a = cos -1 x .

Then cos a = x , where 0 £ a £ π .

0 £ cos -1 x £ π and so sin ( cos-1 x ) ³ 0

(c) Let a = cos -1 x .

Squaring both sides we obtain:

y 2 = sin 2 a
= 1 - cos 2 a
= 1 - cos 2 ( cos -1 x )
= 1 - x2

Taking the positive square root, we obtain y = 1 - x 2 .

(d) and (e)

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Enrichment
Question 9

ì ( 2n + 1) π ü π π
(a) domain: x Î ! \ í ý where n is an integer, range: - < y <
î 2 þ 2 2

It is an odd function.
π π
(b) tan -1 ( tan x ) = x for - <x<
2 2
(c) The period is π .

(d)
Question 10
π
sin -1 ( cos x ) = - cos -1 ( cos x )
2
π
So we reflect in the x- axis and then shift units up.
2

It is an even function.

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Question 11
π π
(a) domain: x Î ! , range: - £ y£
2 2
The period is 2π .
It is an odd function.
π π
(b) sin -1 ( tan x ) = x for - £x£
2 2

(c)

(d)

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(e)

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