Basic Trigonometry
Exercise 1:
1. Solve the following equations for angles in the range
180 180 < < x .
(a) 6 tan sec
2 2
= + x x (b) 3 sin 5 cos 4
2
= + x x
(c) x x cosec cot
2
= (d) 2 cot tan = + x x
2. Find the general solution of the following equations.
(a) 2 sin 4 cos 5
2
= x x (b) 0 1 cosec 12 cot 4
2
= + + x x
(c) 5 tan 3 sec 4
2
= x x (d) 0 2 sin 4 cos 2
2
= + x x
3. Prove the following identities:
(a) x x x x cosec sec tan cot = +
(b) x x
x
x
x
x
cos sin
cot 1
sin
tan 1
cos
+ =
(c) 2 cosec sec cot tan
2 2 2 2
+ = + x x x x
4. Solve the following equations giving angles within the range
360 0 < < x . Also in
each case state the general solution.
(a) x x sin 2 cos = (b) 0 cos 2 sin = + x x
(c) x x
2
sin 2 cos 5 4 = (d) 2 2 tan tan = x x
5. Transform each of the following expressions into the compound angle form suggested.
(a) u u sin cos 3 ( ) o u + cos r
(b) u u sin 3 cos + ( ) o u cos r
(c) u u cos 3 sin 4 ( ) o u sin r
6. Prove the following identities:
(a)
( )
( ) B A
B A
B A
B A
+
=
+
tan
tan
2 sin 2 sin
2 sin 2 sin
(b) ( ) ( ) B A B A
A B
B A
+ =
+
cot cot
2 cos 2 cos
2 cos 2 cos
(c) A
A A A A
A A A A
5 tan
6 cos 3 sin 2 cos sin
6 sin 3 sin 2 sin sin
=
+
+
7. Solve the following equations, giving values from
360 0 < < x .
(a) 0 4 cos 2 cos = + x x (b) 0 sin 3 sin = x x
(c) 0 2 sin 4 sin = + x x (d) x x x 4 cos 2 cos cos + =
Answers:
1. (a)
3 . 122 , 7 . 57 (b)
9 . 169 , 1 . 10
(c)
8 . 141 , 2 . 38 (d)
45 , 135
2. (a)
n 360 4 . 41 + (b)
n n 360 162 , 360 18 + +
(c)
n n 180 14 , 180 45 + + (d) ( )
180 1 2 , 60 360 + n n
4. (a)
n n n or 360 270 , 360 150 , 360 30 270 , 150 , 30 + + +
(b)
n n n or 360 330 , 360 210 , 180 90 330 , 270 , 210 , 90 + + +
(c)
n or 360 60 300 , 60 +
(d)
n or 180 26 . 35 74 . 324 , 26 . 215 , 74 . 144 , 26 . 35 +
5. (a)
6
, 2
t
(b)
57 . 71 , 10 (c)
87 . 36 , 5
7. (a)
330 , 270 , 210 , 150 , 90 , 30
(b)
360 , 315 , 225 , 180 , 135 , 45 , 0
(c)
360 , 300 , 270 , 240 , 180 , 120 , 90 , 60 , 0
(d)
340 , 270 , 260 , 220 , 140 , 100 , 90 , 20
Basic Trigonometry
Exercise 2:
1. Find, for the value of u in the range
360 0 s su , the value of u for which
(a) 2 sec = u (b) 6 . 0 cot = u
(c) 5 . 1 cos = u ec
2. Prove the following identities:
(a) u u u u ec cos sec tan cot + (b) A A
A
A
A
A
cos sin
cot 1
sin
tan 1
cos
+
(c) 2 cos sec cot tan
2 2 2 2
+ + A ec A A A
3. Solve the following equations for angles in the range
360 0 s s x
(a)
4
1
sin
2
= x (b) 1 tan = x
(c) 3 sin 5 cos 4
2
= + x x (d) ecx x cos cot
2
=
(e) x x x sec 2 cot tan = + (e) x x x sec 5 cot 3 tan = +
4. Express u u cos sin 3 in the form of ( ) o u sin R where R is positive. Find all the value of u
in the range of
360 0 s su which satisfy the equation
u u u u cos sin 3 cos sin 4 =
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Answers:
1. (a)
300 ; 60 (b)
0 . 239 ; 0 . 59
(c)
2 . 138 ; 8 . 41
3. (a)
330 ; 210 ; 150 ; 30 (b)
225 ; 45
(c)
9 . 349 ; 1 . 190 (d)
8 . 141 ; 2 . 38
(e)
150 ; 30 (f)
150 ; 30
4. (a) ( )
310 , 330 , 190 , 70 ; 30 sin 2 u
I dentities of Trigonometry
1.
x
x
x
cos
sin
tan =
2. 1 sin cos
2 2
= + x x
3. x x
2 2
sec 1 tan = +
4. x ec x
2 2
cos 1 cot = +
5. ( ) B A B A B A sin cos cos sin sin =
6. ( ) B A B A B A sin sin cos cos cos =
7. ( )
B A
B A
B A
tan tan 1
tan tan
tan
=
8. A A A cos sin 2 2 sin =
9. A A A
2 2
sin cos 2 cos =
A
A
2
2
sin 2 1
1 cos 2
=
=
10.
A
A
A
2
tan 1
tan 2
2 tan
=
11. ( ) x x 2 cos 1
2
1
sin
2
=
12. ( ) x x 2 cos 1
2
1
cos
2
+ =
13.
2
cos
2
sin 2 sin sin
B A B A
B A
+
= +
14.
2
sin
2
cos 2 sin sin
B A B A
B A
+
=
15.
2
cos
2
cos 2 cos cos
B A B A
B A
+
= +
16.
2
sin
2
sin 2 cos cos
B A B A
B A
+
=
17. ( ) ( ) B A B A B A + + = sin sin cos sin 2
18. ( ) ( ) B A B A B A + = sin sin sin cos 2
19. ( ) ( ) B A B A B A + + = cos cos cos cos 2
20. ( ) ( ) B A B A B A + = cos cos sin sin 2
21.
2
1
2
sin
t
t
x
+
= where
2
tan
x
t =
22.
2
2
1
1
cos
t
t
x
+
= where
2
tan
x
t =
23.
2
1
2
tan
t
t
x
= where
2
tan
x
t =
24. x x x
3
sin 4 sin 3 3 sin =
25. x x x cos 3 cos 4 3 cos
3
=