Edexcel C34 2017 October — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC34 (Core Mathematics 3 & 4)
Year2017
SessionOctober
TopicReciprocal Trig & Identities

4. (a) Prove that $$\frac { 1 - \cos 2 x } { \sin 2 x } \equiv \tan x , \quad x \neq \frac { n \pi } { 2 }$$ (b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant \theta < 2 \pi\), $$3 \sec ^ { 2 } \theta - 7 = \frac { 1 - \cos 2 \theta } { \sin 2 \theta }$$ Give your answers in radians to 3 decimal places, as appropriate.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)