Edexcel AS Paper 1 2018 June — Question 12

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleAS Paper 1 (AS Paper 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicTrig Equations

  1. (a) Show that the equation
$$4 \cos \theta - 1 = 2 \sin \theta \tan \theta$$ can be written in the form $$6 \cos ^ { 2 } \theta - \cos \theta - 2 = 0$$ (b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant x < 90 ^ { \circ }\) $$4 \cos 3 x - 1 = 2 \sin 3 x \tan 3 x$$ giving your answers, where appropriate, to one decimal place. (Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)