SPS SPS SM Pure 2025 February — Question 8

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS SM Pure (SPS SM Pure)
Year2025
SessionFebruary
TopicAddition & Double Angle Formulae

8. In this question you must show all stages of your working. \section*{Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.}
  1. Show that \(\sin 3 x\) can be written in the form $$P \sin x + Q \sin ^ { 3 } x$$ where \(P\) and \(Q\) are constants to be found.
  2. Hence or otherwise, solve, for \(0 < \theta \leq 360 ^ { \circ }\), the equation $$2 \sin 3 \theta = 5 \sin 2 \theta$$ giving your answers, in degrees, to one decimal place as appropriate.