Compound & Double Angle Formulae (A Level only) (OCR A Level Maths: Pure)

Exam Questions

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(i)

Write down the exact value of cos 60 degree.

(ii)

Write down the exact value of cos 45 degree.

(iii)

Use your calculator to find the exact value of cos 105 degree.

(iv)
Hence show that cos 60 degree pluscos 45 degree not equal tocos 105 degree.

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Express sin 15 degree in terms of sin 45 degreeand sin 30 degree.

2b
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Hence show that

sin 15 degree equals fraction numerator square root of 6 minus square root of 2 over denominator 4 end fraction

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3a
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Starting with the identity

      sinopen parentheses A plus B close parentheses identical tosin Acos B plussin Bcos A

And using the substitution B equals A, show that sin 2 A identical to 2 spacesin A cos A.

3b
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Hence show the exact value of sin 120 degree equals begin inline style fraction numerator square root of 3 over denominator 2 end fraction end style.

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Use an appropriate identity to find sinopen parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses in terms of sines and cosines of theta and alpha.

4b
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Hence show that R sinopen parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses identical to R cos alpha sin theta plus straight R sin alpha cos theta.

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5a
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Solve the following equations in the given intervals.

sin 2 theta equals 1 half comma space space space space space minus straight pi less or equal than theta less or equal than straight pi

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cos 2 theta equals fraction numerator square root of 3 over denominator 2 end fraction comma space space space space space 0 less or equal than theta less or equal than 2 straight pi

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Show that

5 space cos open parentheses theta minus straight pi over 6 close parentheses identical to fraction numerator 5 square root of 3 over denominator 2 end fraction cos space theta plus 5 over 2 sin space theta

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Show that

            cos squared x plus cos 2 x identical to 3 cos squared x minus 1

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(i)

Show that , R space sinopen parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses identical to R  cos space alpha sin space straight theta plus straight R sin space alpha cos space theta where R and alpha are constants with R greater than 0 and 0 less than alpha less than straight pi over 2.

(ii)
Use your result from part (i) to show that square root of 3 space end root space sin space theta plus cos space theta identical to 2 space sin open parentheses theta plus straight pi over 6 close parentheses.
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Write down the maximum value of square root of 3 space sin space theta plus cos space theta.

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Sketch the graph of y equals tan space 2 theta for 0 less or equal than theta less or equal than 2 straight pi.

Label the points at which the graph intersects the coordinate axes.

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Use the difference of two squares to show that

               text cos end text to the power of 4 x minus sin to the power of 4 x identical to cos 2 x

10b
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Hence solve the equation

            cos to the power of 4 x minus sin to the power of 4 x equals fraction numerator square root of 2 over denominator 2 end fraction

for negative straight pi over 2 less or equal than space x less or equal than straight pi over 2.

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Prove by a counter-example that  sinopen parentheses A plus B close parentheses equalssin Aplussin B  is not true in general.

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Express tan open parentheses 210 degree close parentheses in terms of tan open parentheses 180 degree close parenthesesand tan open parentheses 30 degree close parentheses

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Hence show that tanopen parentheses 210 degree close parentheses equals fraction numerator square root of 3 over denominator 3 end fraction.

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3a
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Starting with the identity

            cosopen parentheses A plus B close parentheses identical tocos A cos Bminussin A sin B

and using the substitution B equals A, show that cos 2 A identical tocos2 A minussin2 A

3b
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Hence, or otherwise, show that cos 2 A identical to 1 minus 2 sin2 A.

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4a
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Using an appropriate trigonometric identity, show that 

         R space sin open parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses identical to R space cos space alpha space sin space theta plus straight R space sin space straight alpha space cos space theta

where R and alpha are constants.

4b
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Hence show that 3 space sin space theta plus 2 space cos space theta equals square root of 13 sin open parentheses theta plus 0.588 close parentheses.

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5a
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Use appropriate double angle formulae to solve the following equations in the given intervals.

cos2 theta minussin2 theta equals 1 half    negative straight pi less or equal than theta less or equal than straight pi

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4 space sin space x space cos space x equals negative square root of 3 space space space space space space 0 less or equal than space x less or equal than straight pi

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Show that

            fraction numerator 5 space sin space 2 x over denominator tan space x end fraction identical to 10 space cos squared space x space space space space space space space x not equal to kπ over 2

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7a
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(i)

Show that R space cos open parentheses x plus alpha close parentheses identical to R space cos space alpha space space cos space x minus R space sin space alpha space sin space x, where R and alpha are constants.

(ii)
Use your result from part (i) to show that  cos space x minus square root of 3 sin space x identical to 2 space cos open parentheses x plus straight pi over 3 close parentheses.
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Hence solve the equation cos x minus square root of 3sin x equals 1 for 0 less or equal than space x less or equal than 2 straight pi.

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8a
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Using the identities

            sin open parentheses A plus B close parentheses identical tosin A cos B plussin B cos A   and

            cos 2 A identical to 1 minus 2 sin2 A

show that sin 3 A identical to 3 sin A minus 4 sin3 A

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Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

            3 sin theta minus 4sin3 theta equals 1 half space space space space space space minus straight pi less or equal than theta less or equal than straight pi

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Show that 5 space sin space theta plus 12 space cos space theta can be written in the form R space sin open parentheses theta plus straight alpha degree close parentheses where R greater than 0 and 0 degree less than alpha less than 90 degree.

9b
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Sketch the graph of y equals 5 spacesin x plus 12 spacecos x for 0 degree less or equal than space x less or equal than 360 degree.
Label any points where the graph intercepts the coordinate axes.

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Show that 2 cosec 2 A identical tocosec A sec A.

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If A equals B, then

      sinopen parentheses A minus B close parentheses equalssinopen parentheses A minus A close parentheses equalssinopen parentheses 0 close parentheses equals 0 equalssin A minussin A equalssin A minussin B

By using a suitable counter-example with A not equal to B, prove that sinopen parentheses A minus B close parentheses equalssin A minussin B is not true in general.

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Express cosopen parentheses 285 degree close parentheses in terms of cosines and sines of 315° and 30°.

2b
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Hence show that cosopen parentheses 285 degree close parentheses equals fraction numerator square root of 6 minus square root of 2 over denominator 4 end fraction.

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Show that

      sin 2 A identical to 2 sin A cos A

(You may use the identity sin open parentheses A plus B close parentheses identical tosin A cos B pluscos A sin B.)

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Show that  2 cos theta minus 5 sin theta  can be written in the form  R cosopen parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses,  where  R spaceand alpha are constants with   R greater than 0 and  0 less than alpha less than straight pi over 2  .
Give R in the form  square root of k space where k is an integer, and give alpha correct to three significant figures.

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5a
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Solve the equation

         sin 2 theta equalssin theta             negative straight pi less or equal than straight theta less or equal than straight pi

5b
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Solve the equation

         cos 2 x plussin2 x equals 0           0 less or equal than space x less or equal than 2 straight pi

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Show that

            fraction numerator sin open parentheses A plus B close parentheses plus sin open parentheses A minus B close parentheses over denominator cos open parentheses A plus B close parentheses plus cos open parentheses A minus B close parentheses end fraction identical to tan space A space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space open parentheses A comma B not equal to open parentheses straight k plus 1 half close parentheses straight pi close parentheses

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7a
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Show that 2 space space sin space theta plus 4 space cos space theta can be written as 2 square root of 5 cos open parentheses theta minus straight alpha close parentheses , where alpha equals 0.464 to three significant figures.

7b
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Hence solve the equation

         2 sin theta plus 4cos theta equals 3 space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space minus straight pi less or equal than theta less or equal than straight pi

giving your answers correct to 3 significant figures.

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8a
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By letting B equals 2 A, use the identity for tan open parentheses A plus B close parentheses to derive an expression for tan space 3 A in terms of tan A.

8b
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Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

         fraction numerator 6 space tan space x minus 2 space tan cubed space x over denominator 1 minus 3 space tan squared space x end fraction equals 2 space space space space space space space space space 0 less or equal than space x less or equal than straight pi

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Sketch the graph of y equals 2 open parentheses sin space x minus cos space x close parentheses for 0 degree less or equal than space x less or equal than 360 degree.

Be sure to label any points where the graph intercepts the coordinate axes, and state the coordinates of any maximum and minimum points.

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10
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3 marks

Show that

      2 minus 2 spacecot 2 Atan A identical tosec2 A space space space space space space A not equal to kπ

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(i)

Prove that sin open parentheses A minus B close parentheses equals sin space A plus sin space B  is not true in general.

(ii)
Find values for Aand B, with A not equal to 0 and B not equal to 0, for which    sin open parentheses A minus B close parentheses equals sin space A plus sin space B  is true.

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Use the identities sin open parentheses A plus-or-minus B close parentheses identical to sin space A space cos space B plus-or-minus cos space A space sin space B and cos open parentheses A plus-or-minus B close parentheses identical to cos space A space cos space B plus-or-minus sin space A space sin thin space B  to show that

      sin open parentheses X plus Y minus Z close parentheses identical to
sin space X space cos space Y space cos space Z plus cos space X space sin space Y space cos space Z minus cos space X space cos space Y space sin space Z plus sin space X space sin space Y space sin thin space Z

2b
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Hence show that sin open parentheses 165 degree close parentheses equals fraction numerator square root of 6 minus square root of 2 over denominator 4 end fraction.

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Show that

         tan space 2 A identical to fraction numerator 2 space tan space A over denominator 1 minus tan squared space A end fraction

State clearly any trigonometric identities you use to show this result.

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Given that  a space sin space theta plus straight b space cos space theta, where a and b are positive constants, is to be written in the form  R space sin open parentheses theta plus straight alpha close parentheses,  find expressions for:

(i)

alpha spacein terms of a and b

(ii)
R spacein terms of a and b

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5a
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Solve the equation
         cos space 2 theta equals cos space theta space space space space space space space space space space 0 less or equal than theta less than 2 straight pi

5b
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Solve the equation
         tan 2 x equals 3 spacetan x space space space space space minus straight pi less or equal than space x less or equal than straight pi

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Show that

         tan 2 theta spacetan theta identical tosec 2 theta minus 1

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7a
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Show that 5 space sin space theta minus 3 space cos space theta can be written in the form  R space sin open parentheses theta minus straight alpha close parentheses where    R equals square root of 34, and alpha equals 0.540 radians correct to three significant figures.

7b
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Use your result from part (a), and the properties of the sine and cosine functions, to solve the equation

            3 space cos space 2 x plus 5 space sin space 2 x equals 0.4 space space space space space 0 less or equal than space x less or equal than 2 straight pi

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Use an identity for cos 2 A spaceto derive an identity for cos 4 A, in terms of cos A.

8b
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Hence, or otherwise, solve the equation

         2 cos space 4 x equals 7 sin squared space x minus 2 space space space space space space space space 0 less or equal than space x less or equal than straight pi

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The diagram below shows two right-angled triangles.
Angles A and B have been labelled.

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Given that   alpha equals A plus B, find the exact values of sin alpha,cos alpha and tan alpha.

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(i)

Explain briefly why theta equals 0 is not a solution to the equation  3 theta space cot space 2 theta equals 0.

(ii)
By using an appropriate approximation, determine the value of limit as theta rightwards arrow 0 of space 3 theta space cot space 2 theta

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