Edexcel C3 — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
TopicAddition & Double Angle Formulae

  1. (a) Use the identity
$$\cos ( A + B ) \equiv \cos A \cos B - \sin A \sin B$$ to prove that $$\cos x \equiv 1 - 2 \sin ^ { 2 } \frac { x } { 2 }$$ (b) Prove that, for \(\sin x \neq 0\), $$\frac { 1 - \cos x } { \sin x } \equiv \tan \frac { x } { 2 }$$ (c) Find the values of \(x\) in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq 360 ^ { \circ }\) for which $$\frac { 1 - \cos x } { \sin x } = 2 \sec ^ { 2 } \frac { x } { 2 } - 5$$ giving your answers to 1 decimal place where appropriate.