Edexcel P2 2020 October — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleP2 (Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2020
SessionOctober
TopicReciprocal Trig & Identities

7. (i) Show that $$\tan \theta + \frac { 1 } { \tan \theta } \equiv \frac { 1 } { \sin \theta \cos \theta } \quad \theta \neq \frac { \mathrm { n } \pi } { 2 } \quad n \in \mathbb { Z }$$ (ii) Solve, for \(0 \leqslant x < 90 ^ { \circ }\), the equation $$3 \cos ^ { 2 } \left( 2 x + 10 ^ { \circ } \right) = 1$$ giving your answers in degrees to one decimal place.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)