MEI Core 4

Trigonometry
Chapter Assessment
1. Find all of the angles between 0 and 360 such that
(i) sec x = 2.5
(ii) cosec x = -1.5

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2. Solve the equation sec2 x tan x 1 for 0 x 2

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3. Solve the equation sin( x 30) 2cos( x 45) for 0 x 360 .

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4. If 4cos 2 x 2cos x 1 0 , find values for x in the range 0 x 360 .

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5. Write 3cos 5sin in the form R cos( ) where R 0 and 0 90 , and

hence solve the equation 3cos 5sin 2 in the range 0 x 360 .
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6. Prove that

sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
tan x .
sin 2 x cos 2 x 1

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7. (i) Write sin 3x in terms of sin x.

(ii) Solve sin 3x sin 2 x for 0 x 360.

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8. (i) Prove that 4 sin 4 x cos4 x cos 4 x 3

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(ii) Solve the equation sin 4 x cos4 x 0.5 for 0 x 2 .

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9. Find the minimum value of the expression

4cos x 3sin x 4 .
Give the smallest possible positive value of x for which this minimum value
occurs.

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Trigonometry
Solutions to Chapter Assessment
1. (i)

sec x 2.5
cos x 0.4
x 66.4 or 293.6
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(ii) cosec x 1.5

sin x 23

x 221.8 or 318.2

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2. sec 2 x tan x 1

1 tan 2 x tan x 1
tan 2 x tan x 0
tan x(tan x 1) 0
tan x 0 or 1
tan x 0 x 0, , 2
3 7
tan x 1 x
,
4 4
3
7
x 0,
, ,
, 2
4
4
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3. sin( x 30) 2 cos( x 45)
sin x cos 30 cos x sin 30 2 cos x cos 45 2 sin x sin 45

3
1
2 2
2 2
sin x cos x
cos x
sin x
2
2
2
2
3 sin x cos x 2 2 cos x 2 2 sin x

3 2 2 sin x 2 2 1 cos x

2 2 1
32 2
x 21.8 or 201.8

tan x

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4. 4cos 2 x 2 cos x 1 0

4(2 cos 2 x 1) 2 cos x 1 0

8 cos 2 x 4 2 cos x 1 0
8 cos 2 x 2 cos x 3 0
(4cos x 3)(2 cos x 1) 0
cos x
cos x

3
4
3
4

cos x 21

or 21
x 41.4 or 318.6

x 120 or 240

x 41.4 or 120 or 240 or 318.6 .

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5. 3cos 5 sin R cos( )

R cos cos R sin sin

R cos 3
R sin 5
R 2 32 5 2 34 R 34
tan

5
3

59.04

5
3

3cos 5 sin 34 cos( 59.04)

3 cos 5 sin 2
34 cos( 59.04) 2
2
cos( 59.04)
34
59.04 69.94 or 290.06

129.0 or 349.1
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sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
sin 2 x cos 2 x 1
2 sin x cos x 2 sin 2 x

2 sin x cos x 2 cos 2 x

6. L.H.S.

Using the double angle

formula, 1 cos 2 x 2cos2 x
and 1 cos 2 x 2sin 2 x

sin x( cos x sin x )

cos x( sin x cos x )
sin x

cos x
tan x

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7. (i) sin 3 x sin(2 x x )

sin 2 x cos x cos 2 x sin x

2 sin x cos x cos x (1 2 sin 2 x )sin x
2 sin x(1 sin 2 x ) sin x 2 sin 3 x
2 sin x 2 sin 3 x sin x 2 sin 3 x
3 sin x 4 sin 3 x

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(ii) sin 3 x sin x

2

3 sin x 4 sin 3 x sin 2 x

4 sin 3 x sin 2 x 3 sin x 0
sin x(4 sin 2 x sin x 3) 0
sin x(4 sin x 3)(sin x 1) 0
sin x 0 or 43 or 1
sin x 0 x 0 or 180 or 360

sin x 43 x 48.6 or 131.4

sin x 1 x 270

x 0,48.6,131.4,180,270,360
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8. (i) L.H.S. 4 sin 4 x cos4 x

2 sin 2 x 2 cos 2 x
2

1 cos 2 x 2 (1 cos 2 x )2
1 2 cos 2 x cos 2 2 x 1 2 cos 2 x cos 2 2 x
2 2 cos 2 2 x
2 cos 4 x 1
cos 4 x 3
R.H.S.

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(ii) sin x cos x 0.5

4

4 sin 4 x cos 4 x 2
cos 4 x 3 2
cos 4 x 1
4 x , 3 , 5 , 7
3 5 7
x ,
,
,
4 4 4 4

using result from (i)

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9. 4cos x 3 sin x R cos( x )

4 R cos

R cos x cos R sin x sin

3 R sin
R 2 42 32 25
tan

3
4

R 5

36.9

4cos x 3 sin x 4 5 cos( x 36.9) 4

The minimum value of the expression is 5 4 9 .
This occurs when x 36.9 180 x 143.1
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