Edexcel C3 2015 June — Question 8

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicReciprocal Trig & Identities

  1. (a) Prove that
$$\sec 2 A + \tan 2 A \equiv \frac { \cos A + \sin A } { \cos A - \sin A } , \quad A \neq \frac { ( 2 n + 1 ) \pi } { 4 } , n \in \mathbb { Z }$$ (b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant \theta < 2 \pi\), $$\sec 2 \theta + \tan 2 \theta = \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$ Give your answers to 3 decimal places.