TRIGONOMETRY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTIONS: Attempt all questions in your respective groups and the group
leader SHOULD ENSURE THAT EACH GROUP MEMBER PARTICIPATES.

Note ; Deadline for submitting this assignment is 18/08/2023

Each group member will be asked to defend the answers he or she gave after
submission.

1. Solve the following equations for all values of x from 0⁰ to 360⁰

a) Sinx = 0.5 b) Cosx = -1/2 c) tanx = 1 d) Sinx = √3

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e) Sinx(1-2cosx) = 0 e) 3(Cosx -1) = -1 f) 4SinxCosx = 3Cosx

g) 2tan²x - tanx - 6 = 0. h) Cos²x = 3/4 I) Sin2x = Cos2X

2. Factorise the expression 6sinxcosx + 3cosx + 4Sinx + 2 . Hence solve the

equation 6Sinxcosx + 3cosx + 4Sinx +2 = 0

3.Simply the following expressions.

a) √((1-SinA)(1+SinA)) b) cosecxtanx c) cotx√(1-cos²x)

d) (1/sec²x) + (1/cosec²x)
4. Prove the following identifies
a) Sinxtanx + Cosx = secx b) ( Sinx + Cosx)² + (Sinx - Cosx)² = 2
c) Cosecx - Sinx = cotxcosx.
d) Sinx + 1 +Cosx. =2cosecx
1+cosx. Sinx
e) cosecx. = Cosx
cotx + tanx
f) ( 1 + cotx - cosecx)( 1 + tanx + secx) = 2
g) Cos⁴A - Sin⁴A + 1 = 2Cos²A
h) Sec⁴B - Sec²B = tan⁴B + tan²B
 I) Sin(90-A) = CosA
J) Sin(A+B). = tanA + tanB
Sin(A-B) tanA - tanB
K) Cos (A- B) = 1 + tanAtanB
Cos(A+ B). 1- tanAtanB

5. Eliminate A from each of the following pairs of equations

a) x + 1 = cos2A , y = sinA
b) x = cos2A , y = cosx -1
6. If SinX = ( n + 1/n) prove that Sin3X + ( n³ + 1/n³) = 0
2. 2
7. Express (1- Sin2x)1/2 interms of tanx
1/2
(1+ Sin2x)
8. If Sin3A = P and Sin²A = 3/4 - q . Prove that p² + 16q³ = 12q²
9. By using R- Formula , solve the following equations for values of x from 0⁰ to
360⁰
a) Sinx + √3cosx = 1 b) 3Sinx - √3cosx = 2 c) 4cosx + 3sinx = 5
d) 2cosx - √2Sinx = 0
10. By use of an appropriate formula solve the following equations for values of x
from 0⁰ to 360⁰
a) Sinx + Sin3x + sin5x = 1
Cosx + Cos3x + Cos5x
b) Sinx + sin3x + sin5x + sin7x. ... = √3
Cosx + Cos3x + Cos5x + cos7x. 2
c) Sin6xSinx + sin2xsinx. =1
Cos6xsin3x + cos2xsinx √3
11) Solve the following equations for angles of x from -180⁰ to 180⁰
a) Sin4x - Sin3x = Sinx - Sin2x
b) Sin4x - Sin3x + Sin2x = 0
c) tan²x - (1+√3)tanx + √3 = 0
d) cotx + tanx = 2Cosecx
e) Sinxtanx - 1 = tanx - Sinx
12) Find the maximum values of the following functions
a) 3sinx + 4cosx
b). 1
(3Sinx + 4cosx + 7)
13) Solve the following equations
a) tan-1(1+X) + tan-1(1-X) = 3
b) Cos-1X + Cos-1(X√8) = π/2
14)If x1 and x2 are two values of x which satisfy the equation
aCosx + bSin2X = c , prove that
a) tanx1 + tanx2 = 2b
(a + c)
b) tanx1tanx2 = ( c - a )
(c + a)
-1 -1
15) If Sin y = 2Cos X , show that y² = 4x²( 1- x²)
16) If Cos-1(x/2) + Cos-1(y/3) = A , then 9x³ - 12xyCosA + 4y² = k
Find K
17. Prove that
a) 4tan-1(1/2) + tan-1(24/7) = π
b) Cos(2tan-1x) = 1 - x²
1 + x²
c) tan-1x + tan-1y = tan-1((x+y)/(1-xy))

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