| Exam Board | OCR MEI |
| Module | C4 (Core Mathematics 4) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Session | June |
| Topic | Harmonic Form |
1 Express \(\cos \theta - 3 \sin \theta\) in the form \(R \cos ( \theta + \alpha )\), where \(R > 0\) and \(0 < \alpha < \frac { \pi } { 2 }\).
Hence show that the equation \(\cos \theta - 3 \sin \theta = 4\) has no solution.