Edexcel Paper 1 Specimen — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 1 (Paper 1)
SessionSpecimen
TopicReciprocal Trig & Identities

  1. (a) Prove that
$$\tan \theta + \cot \theta \equiv 2 \operatorname { cosec } 2 \theta , \quad \theta \neq \frac { n \pi } { 2 } , n \in \mathbb { Z }$$ (b) Hence explain why the equation $$\tan \theta + \cot \theta = 1$$ does not have any real solutions.