Edexcel C3 2013 June — Question 7

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
Year2013
SessionJune
TopicReciprocal Trig & Identities

7. (a) Prove that $$\frac { \cos x } { 1 - \sin x } + \frac { 1 - \sin x } { \cos x } = 2 \sec x , \quad x \neq ( 2 n + 1 ) \frac { \pi } { 2 } , \quad n \in \mathbb { Z }$$ (b) Hence find, for \(0 < x < \frac { \pi } { 4 }\), the exact solution of $$\frac { \cos x } { 1 - \sin x } + \frac { 1 - \sin x } { \cos x } = 8 \sin x$$