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Trigonometry - Further Identities (CIE A Level Maths: Pure 3)

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Trigonometry - Further Identities

What identities do I need to know with secant, cosecant, and cotangent?

  • There are two identities with sec, cosec and cot that you need to know and be able to use:
    • tan2x + 1 ≡ sec2x
    • 1 + cot2x ≡ cosec2x
  • These are not really 'new' identities – they can both be derived from sin2x + cos2x ≡ 1
    • To derive the identity for sec2x  divide  sin2x + cos2x ≡ 1  by cos2x
    • To derive the identity for cosec2x  divide  sin2x + cos2x ≡ 1  by sin2x

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Examiner Tip

  • These identities are given in the exam formulae booklet – make sure you know how to find them. 
  • They will be needed to prove some trigonometric identities and solve some trigonometric equations.

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