TRIGONOMETRY TUTORIAL

Usefull identities
1 1 1 sin x cos x
csc x  , sec x  , cot x  , tan x  , cot x  ,
sin x cos x tan x cos x sin x

sin 2 x  cos2 x  1, 1  tan 2 x  sec2 x , 1  cot 2 x  csc2 x

1. Convert the following to radians

a) 1500 c) 60 0 e) 2700
b) 5400 d) 3000 f) 15 0
2. Convert the following to degrees
3 7 
a) rad c) rad e) rad
4 12 3
5 7
b) rad d) rad f) 4 rad
4 6
3. An arc of a circle, radius 2.5 cm , is 3 cm long. What is angle subtended by the arc at the centre
a) In radians b) Degrees
0
4. A chord AB subtends an angle of 120 at O , the centre of a circle with radius 12 cm .Find the
area of
a) Sector AOB b) Triangle AOB c) the minor segment AB
5. Solve the following triangles
a) a  17, B  1200 , c  15 c) A  600 , b  8, c  15
b) c  11, A  540 , B  260 d) a  5, b  6, A  310
6. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 10, x and ( x  2). The side of length ( x  2) is
opposite an angle of 60 0. Find the value of x .
7. Solve each of the following equations for x where 0  x  2
a) sin x cos x  0 d) sin x  cos x  2
b) 2 sin x sin x  1  0
2
e) 5 sin 2 x  7 sin x  6  0
c) sec2 x  tan 2 x  3 f) 2 cos2 x  3 cos x  1  0
8. Find the exact value for each of the following

a) cos150 d) cos
12
11
b) sin 1050 e) tan
12
7
c) tan 1950 f) sin
12
4 8
9. If  and  are acute angles such that cos  and tan   , find
5 15
a) cos(   ) b) sin(   ) c) tan(   )
5 8
10. If sin A  , sin B  , where A and B are acute, find the values of
13 17
 a) cos(A  B ) b) sin( A  B ) c) tan( A  B )
11. Without using a calculator, solve each of the following equations for x , where 0 0  x  2 .
a) cos x  sin 2x d) sin 2 x  2 cos x  0
b) tan 2x  sec2x  1 e) sin 2x  2 cos x  sin x  1  0
x
c) cos 2x  1  sin x f) sin  cos x  1
2
12. Without using a calculator, solve each of the following equations for x , where 0 0    360 .

a) sin  sin 2 d) sin  cos  1
2

b) 2  cos2   4 sin 2 e) tan 2  tan 
2
c) sin 2 sin  cos  0 f) cos 4  cos 2
13. Express in the form R cos(   ) or R sin(   ) , hence solve the following equations for
values for  , where 0    360
a) 3 cos  sin   1 d) 4 cos sin  15cos 2  10
b) 5 sin  12 cos  6 e) cos  sin  sec
c) 3 tan   2 sec  4 f) 3 cos  sin   1
14. Prove the following identities
1
a) tan   cot  e) sec x  cos x  sin x tan x
sin  cos
cos x cos x
b) (sec  tan  )(sec  tan  )  1 f)   2 sec x
1  sin x 1  sin x
1  cos2 x cos x  tan x
c)  1  sin 2 x g)  csc x  sec2 x
sec x  1
2
sin x cos x
1 cos x 1  sin x
d)  (1  sin x)(1  sin x) h) 
2
sec x 1  sin x cos x
15. Prove the following identities
cos 2 x sin 2
a) 1   tan 2 x e)  cot
cos x2
1  cos 2
1  cos 2t sec2 
b)  2 cot 2
t f) sec 2 
sin 2 t 2  sec2 
1
c) 2 csc 2x cos 2x  cot x  tan x g) csc 2  sec csc
2
(tan 2 )(1  tan  ) 2 x
d)  h) 2 cos2 tan x  tan x  sin x
tan  1  tan  2
16. A person wishing to know the width of a river walks 50 m downstream from a point directly
across from a tree on the opposite bank. At this point the angle between the river bank and the
line of sight to the tree is 40 o 40. What is the width of the river to the nearest metre?
17. From a point 50 metres from the base of a fir tree, the angle of elevation to the top of the tree is
61.5 o . What is the height of the tree to the nearest tenth of a metre?
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