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Trigonometry: Edexcel GCE

This document provides information about an exam for Edexcel GCE Core Mathematics C2 Advanced Subsidiary. It contains 10 questions testing trigonometric skills like solving trigonometric equations, sketching graphs involving trigonometric functions, and finding coordinates of intersection points. Students are advised to show working and label answers clearly.

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Trigonometry: Edexcel GCE

This document provides information about an exam for Edexcel GCE Core Mathematics C2 Advanced Subsidiary. It contains 10 questions testing trigonometric skills like solving trigonometric equations, sketching graphs involving trigonometric functions, and finding coordinates of intersection points. Students are advised to show working and label answers clearly.

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Edexcel GCE

Core Mathematics C2
Advanced Subsidiary

Trigonometry
Materials required for examination Items included with question papers
Mathematical Formulae (Pink or Green) Nil

Advice to Candidates
You must ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
You must show sufficient working to make your methods clear to the Examiner.
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
1. (a) Show that the equation

5 cos2 x = 3(1 + sin x)

can be written as

5 sin2 x + 3 sin x – 2 = 0.
(2)

(b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ x < 360°, the equation

5 cos2 x = 3(1 + sin x),

giving your answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.


(5)

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2. (a) Show that the equation

3 sin2 θ – 2 cos2 θ = 1

can be written as

5 sin2 θ = 3.
(2)
(b) Hence solve, for 0° ≤ θ < 360°, the equation

3 sin2 θ – 2 cos2 θ = 1,

giving your answer to 1 decimal place.


(7)

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3. Find all the solutions, in the interval 0 ≤ x < 2π, of the equation

2 cos2 x + 1 = 5 sin x,

giving each solution in terms of π.


(6)

4. (a) Given that sin θ = 5 cos θ, find the value of tan θ.


(1)
(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the values of θ in the interval 0 ≤ θ < 360° for which

sin θ = 5 cos θ,

giving your answers to 1 decimal place.


(3)

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5. Solve, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 180°, the equation

√3
(a) sin (x + 10°) = ,
2
(4)
(b) cos 2x = –0.9, giving your answers to 1 decimal place.
(4)

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6. (a) Show that the equation
4 sin2 x + 9 cos x – 6 = 0
can be written as
4 cos2 x – 9 cos x + 2 = 0.
(2)
(b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ x < 720°,
4 sin2 x + 9 cos x – 6 = 0,

giving your answers to 1 decimal place.


(6)

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7. (i) Solve, for –180° ≤ θ < 180°,

(1 + tan θ )(5 sin θ − 2) = 0.


(4)

(ii) Solve, for 0 ≤ x < 360°,

4 sin x = 3 tan x.
(6)

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8. (a) Find all the values of θ , to 1 decimal place, in the interval 0° ≤ θ < 360° for which

5 sin (θ + 30°) = 3.
(4)
(b) Find all the values of θ , to 1 decimal place, in the interval 0° ≤ θ < 360° for which

tan2 θ = 4.
(5)

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9. Solve, for 0 ≤ x < 360°,

1
(a) sin(x – 20°) = ,
√2
(4)
1
(b) cos 3x = – .
2
(6)

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 π 
10. (a) Sketch, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, the graph of y = sin  x + .
 6
(2)
(b) Write down the exact coordinates of the points where the graph meets the coordinate axes.
(3)
(c) Solve, for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, the equation
 π 
sin  x +  = 0.65,
 6

giving your answers in radians to 2 decimal places.


(5)

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