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Fundamental Trigonometric Identities Sample
Fundamental Trigonometric Identities Sample
Practice Set 5
Fundamental Trigonometric Identities
Solve the following problems. Show your detailed and complete solutions. Make sure
you understand each step in your solutions.
1. Use the fundamental identities to find the exact values of the other five
trigonometric functions.
sin x
Identity: ( csc x )
tan x=
cos x 1
csc x= Reciprocal Identity:
sin x
x∗sin x 1
¿ cos csc x=
cos x sin x
¿ sin x
1
¿ sin x Quotient Identity:
sin x
¿ sin 2 x cos x
cot x=
sin x
2
cos x
¿
( )
sin x
1
sin x
¿ cos 2 x
NAMES: JAMES D. 2ALAS YEAR AND SECTION: BSED-MATH 1b
D. sin x +cos x∗csc x
Solution:
factoring:
cos2 x∗csc x
(
sin x 1+
sin x )
From the quotient identity:
cos x
cot x=
sin x
sin x ( 1+cot x∗cos x∗csc x )
x∗cos x
sin x (1+cot
sin x )
sin x ( 1+ cot 2 x )
1+cot 2 x=csc 2 x
sin x∗csc 2 x
From the reciprocal identity:
1
csc x=
sin x
1
sin x∗ ( sin x∗sin x)
sin x
sin x∗sin x
NAMES: JAMES D. ALAS YEAR AND SECTION: BSED-MATH 1b
cos x 1 1
cot x= csc θ= ; sec θ=
sin x sin θ cos θ
sin θ 1
∗cos θ ∗1
cos θ sin β
=1 sin β
sinθ =cot 2 β
1
1=1 ∗1
cos β
cos β
cos β∗cos β
=cot 2 β
sin β∗sin β
From the quotient identity:
cos θ
cot θ=
sinθ
sin x cos x 2 2
1 1
( +
cos x sin x
= ) ( +
cos x sin x )
2
sin 2 x+cos 2 x 2
sin x+ cos x
( cos x∗sin x ) (
=
cos x∗sin x )
From the Pythagorean identity:
1 1 1
D. =sinθ∗cot θ E. − =2 csc 2 a
tan θ+cot θ 1+ cos a 1−cos a
Solution: Solution:
From the reciprocal identities: 1−cos a−(1+ cos a)
=2 csc 2 a
1+ cos a(1−cos a)
1 1
cot x= ; tan x=
tan θ cot θ −2 cos a
2
=2csc 2 a
1 θ∗1 1−cos a
=sin
1 tan θ Form the Pythagorean identity:
+cot θ
cot θ
sin 2 a+cos 2 a=1
1 sin θ
=
1+cot θ tan θ
2
s ¿2 a=1−cos2 a
cot θ −2 cos a
2
=2 csc 2 a
From the Pythagorean Identity: sin a
1 sin θ cos a
= cot a=
csc θ tan θ
2 sin a
cot θ −2 cot a
=2 csc 2 a
cotθ sin θ sin a
=
csc 2 θ tanθ From the reciprocal identity:
From the reciprocal and quotient identities: 1
csc a=
1 sin θ cos θ sin a
sin θ= ; tan θ= ; cot θ=
csc θ cos θ sin θ −2 cot a 1
=2 2
cos θ 1 sin a sin a
sin θ csc θ −2 cot a 2
= ≠ 2
cscθ sin θ sin a sin a
cos θ
Cannot be proved!
cos θ cos θ
=
sin θ csc θ sin θ csc θ
NAMES: JAMES D. ALAS YEAR AND SECTION: BSED-MATH 1b
1 1+sec 2 t∗csc 2 t 1
( 2
sec t∗csc t sec t∗csc t 2
= )
sec t∗csc t
1+ sec 2 t∗csc 2 t
sec 2 t∗csc 2 t 1
=
sec t∗csc t sec t∗csc t
1+ sec 2 t∗csc 2 t 1
3 3
≠
sec t∗csc t sec t∗csc t
Cannot be proved!