MATHSPOTENTIAL

BASIC TRIGONOMETRY
Prove the following statement:
1. cos4A – sin4A + 1 = 2 cos2A. 18. cot4 A + cot2 A = cosec4 A – cosec2 A.
2. (sin a + cos A) (1 – sin A cos A) = sin3A + cos3A. 19. cos ec2 A1= cos A cosec A.
sin A 1  cos A
3.  = 2 cosec A. 20. sec2 A cosec2 A = tan2 A + cot2 A + 2.
1  cos A sin A
21. tan2 A – sin2 A = sin4 A sec2 A.
4. cos A + sin A = 1 – 3 sin A cos A.
6 6 2 2
22. (1 + cot A – cosec A) (1 + tan A + sec A) = 2.
1  sin A
5. = sec A – tan A. 1

1

1

1
1  sin A 23. .
cos ec A  cot A sin A sin A cos ec A  cot A
cos ec A cos ec A cos A  cos A
6.  = 2 sec2A. 24.
cot A cos A
 .
cos ec A  1 cos ec A  1 cot A  cos A cot A cos A
cos ec A cot A  tan B
7. = cos A. 25. = cot A tan B.
cot A  tan A cot B  tan A
8. (sec A + cos A) (sec A – cos A) = tan2A + sin2A.   2
1 1 1 - cos2α sin 2α
26.  2 + 2 
cos α sin 2α = .
 sec α - cos α cosec α - sin α  2 + cos 2α sin 2α
2 2
1
9. = sin A cos A.
cot A  tan A
27. sin3 A – cos3 A
1 = (sin2 A – cos2 A) (1 – 2 sin2 A cos2 A).
10. = sec A + tan A.
sec A  tan A
cos A cos ec A  sin A sec A
28. = cosec A – sec A.
1  tan A cot A  1 cos A  sin A
11.  .
1  tan A cot A  1
tan A  sec A  1 1  sin A
29.  .
1  tan2 A sin2 A tan A  sec A  1 cos A
12.  .
1  cot 2 A cos2 A
30. (tan  + cosec )2 – (cot - sec )2
sec A  tan A = 2 tan  cot  (cosec  + sec).
13. = 1 – 2 sec A tan A + 2 tan2A.
sec A  tan A
31. 2 sec2 = sec4 - 2 cosec2 + cosec4
tan A cot A
14.  = sec A cosec A + 1. = cot4 - tan4.
1  cot A 1  tan A
32. (sin  + cosec )2 + (cos  + sec)2
cos A sin A
15.  = sin A + cos A. = tan2  + cot2  + 7.
1  tan A 1  cot A
33. (1 + cot A + tan A) (sin A – cos A)
16. (sin A + cos A)( cot A + tan A)= sec A + cosec A.
sec A cos ec A
17. sec4 A – sec2 A = tan4 A + tan2 A. = 2
 .
cos ec A sec 2 A
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