Mathematics AA HL

GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY

Worksheet 1
1. No GDC
sin 2
(a) Show that = tan θ.
1 + cos 2
(2)
π
(b) Hence find the value of cot in the form a + b 2 , where a, b  .
8
(3)
(Total 5 marks)
2. No GDC
The diagram shows a tangent, (TP), to the circle with centre O and radius r. The size of
PÔA is θ radians.

(a) Find the area of triangle AOP in terms of r and θ.

(1)
(b) Find the area of triangle POT in terms of r and θ.
(2)
(c) Using your results from part (a) and part (b), show that sin θ < θ < tan θ.
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

3. Given ΔABC, with lengths shown in the diagram below, find the length of the
line segment [CD].

diagram not to scale

(Total 5 marks)
4. The radius of the circle with centre C is 7 cm and the radius of the circle with centre D is
5 cm. If the length of the chord [AB] is 9 cm, find the area of the shaded region enclosed
by the two arcs AB.

diagram not to scale

(Total 7 marks)

5. The points P and Q lie on a circle, with centre O and radius 8 cm, such that PÔQ = 59°.

diagram not to scale

Find the area of the shaded segment of the circle contained between the arc PQ and
the chord [PQ].
(Total 5 marks)

6. No GDC
The vertices of an equilateral triangle, with perimeter P and area A, lie on a circle with
P k
radius r. Find an expression for in the form , where k  +.
A r
(Total 6 marks)

7. No GDC
1
(a) Given that α > 1, use the substitution u = to show that
x
 1 1 1

1 1+ x 2 
dx = 1
 1+ u
2
du .

(5)
 1 π
(b) Hence show that arctan α + arctan = .
 2
(2)
(Total 7 marks)
8. No GDC
(a) Show that sin 2 nx = sin((2n + 1)x) cos x – cos((2n + 1)x) sin x.
(2)
(b) Hence prove, by induction, that
sin 2nx
cos x + cos 3x + cos 5x + ... + cos((2n – 1)x) = ,
2 sin x
for all n  +
, sin x ≠ 0.
(12)
1
(c) Solve the equation cos x + cos 3x = , 0 < x < π.
2
(6)
(Total 20 marks)
9. No GDC
 π π
If x satisfies the equation sin  x +  = 2 sin x sin   , show that 11 tan x = a + b 3 ,
 3 3
where a, b  +
.
(Total 6 marks)

10. No GDC
π
Throughout this question x satisfies 0 ≤ x < .
2
dy
(a) Solve the differential equation sec2 x = − y 2 , where y = 1 when x = 0.
dx
Give your answer in the form y = f(x).
(7)
(b) (i) Prove that 1 ≤ sec x ≤ 1 + tan x.
π
π π 1
(ii) Deduce that
4
 
0
4 sec xdx  + ln 2 .
4 2
(8)
(Total 15 marks)