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Grade 11 Trig Identities

This document contains 17 trigonometry problems involving identities and expressions involving trig functions like sec, cot, tan, sin and cos. The problems require evaluating expressions, simplifying, proving identities, finding general solutions, and relating angles using diagrams. Calculators are not to be used for some problems.

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Grade 11 Trig Identities

This document contains 17 trigonometry problems involving identities and expressions involving trig functions like sec, cot, tan, sin and cos. The problems require evaluating expressions, simplifying, proving identities, finding general solutions, and relating angles using diagrams. Calculators are not to be used for some problems.

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TRIG IDENTITIES

GRADE 11 HIGHER GRADE


1 Show that: sec (-45o) + cos 210o – cot 840o =

2. Determine the general solution of x, rounded off to two decimals digits, if


3sin x – 4 cosec x + 4 = 0

3. If 2a cosec = a2+ 1, a > 1 and 0o < < 900, prove that

sec + tan =

4. Determine the value of: Sec (-1500) . tan 7800 – cosec (-11500). Cos 5600
without using a calculator.

5. Calculate the value of (sin 750 + cos 750 )2 without using a calculator.

6. A and B are complementary angles with A > 0 and B < 0. If 12 cot A – 5 = 0,

calculate without using a calculator, the value of 5 sec A – 3 tan B.

7. If sin 330 = determine sin 2370 in terms of t.

8.. Simplify the following expression to one trigonometric ration of A:

9. Determine the value of

10 If sec 260 = p, determine the following in terms of p:


10.1 cos 520
10.2 tan 710

11. If sec A + 3 = 0 for A


determine the value of 9 sin 2A – cos 2B. Leave the answer in surd form.

12. Prove the identity:


13 Simplify without using a calculator:
cosec (-2250)[cos 7500.sec (-300) – tan (3600 – 0).cos (-0)]

1
14 If tan B = m and , use a diagram to express each of the following in
terms of m:

14.1 cosec2 (1800 + B)


14.2 tan (900 – B) + tan (450 + B)

15 Prove the identity:

16 Determine the general solution of the equation: tan 3x . cot 240 – 1 = 0

17. If and , determine with the aid of a


diagram, the value of in terms of k.

ANSWERS

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TRIG IDENTITIES
GRADE 11 HIGHER GRADE

2. 3 sin x – 4 cosec x + 4 = 0

x sin x:3 sin2 x – 4 + 4 sin x = 0


3 sin2 x + 4 sin x – 4 = 0
(sin x – 2)(sin x + 2) = 0 or sin x = -2 (n.a.)
x = 41,810 or 138,190

3. 2a.cosec = a2 + 1

4. sec ( -1500) . tan 7800 – cosec (-11500) .cos 5600

= sec 1500 . tan 7800 + cosec 11500 . cos 5600

= sec (1800 – 300) . tan ( 2.3600 + 700) . cos (3600 + 2000)

3
= -sec 300 . tan 600 + cosec 700 . cos 2000

= -sec 300 . tan 600 + cosec 700 . cos (1800 + 200)

= -sec 300 . tan 600 – sec 200 . cos 200

5. (sin 750 + cos 750)2 = sin2 750 + 2 .sin 750 cos 750 + cos2 750

= 1 + 2 sin 750 cos 750

= 1 + sin 2(750)

= 1 + sin 1500

=1+

6 12 cot A – 5 = 0

then x=5, y=12 and r=13

Now: 5 sec A - 3 tan B =

7. sin 2370

= -sin570

= - cos 330

4
=

8.

9.

5
=

10. cos 520 = cos 2(260) = 2 cos2 260

11. Diagram

Diagram

9 sin 2A – cos 2B = 9(2 sin A) – (2 cos2 B – 1)

= 18

12

6
=

= …(sin2x + cos2x = 1

13 cosec(-2250)[cos 7500.sec(-300) – tan (3600 - ) . cos (- )]


= cosec 1350 [cos 300. sec 300 + tan . cos ]
=

14.1

7
15.

16 tan 3x. cot 240 – 1 = 0

17.

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