Can someone help me with a few trig questions from the Year 12 3 unit textbook? I need help with Exercise 2A Question 13 (a), (c) (f) and (h). I'll rep whoever that is able to help me
Been stuck on these for quite a while :S
a) cot(2A)+tan(A)=cosec(2A)
Let t=tan(A)
Now, LHS=[(1-t^2)/2t]+t=[1-t^2+2t^2]/2t=(1+t^2)/2t=1/sin(2A)=cosec(2A)=RHS
:.cot(2A)+tan(A)=cosec(2A) as req.
c)sin(3A)/sin(A)+cos(3A)/cos(A)=4cos(2A)
Now, LHS=sin(A+2A)/sin(A)+cos(A+2A)/cos(A)=[sin(A)cos(2A)+sin(2A)cos(A)]/sin(A)+[cos(A)cos(A)-sin(A)sin(2A)]/cos(A)
ie LHS=[sin(A)[cos^2(A)-sin^2(A)]+2sin(A)cos^2(A)]/sin(A)+[cos(A)[cos^2(A)-sin^2(A)]-2sin^2(A)cos(A)]/cos(A)
ie LHS=cos^2(A)-sin^2(A)+2cos^2(A)+cos^2(A)-sin^2(A)-2sin^2(A)=4cos^2(A)-4sin^2(A)=4[cos^2(A)-sin^2(A)]=4cos(2A)=RHS
:.sin(3A)/sin(A)+cos(3A)/cos(A)=4cos(2A) as req.