Edexcel
C12
2017
June
Q13
10 marks
Standard +0.3
13. (a) Show that the equation
$$5 \cos x + 1 = \sin x \tan x$$
can be written in the form
$$6 \cos ^ { 2 } x + \cos x - 1 = 0$$
(b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant \theta < 180 ^ { \circ }\)
$$5 \cos 2 \theta + 1 = \sin 2 \theta \tan 2 \theta$$
giving your answers, where appropriate, to one decimal place.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
Edexcel
C12
2016
October
Q10
8 marks
Standard +0.3
10. (a) Given that
$$8 \tan x = - 3 \cos x$$
show that
$$3 \sin ^ { 2 } x - 8 \sin x - 3 = 0$$
(b) Hence solve, for \(0 \leqslant \theta < 360 ^ { \circ }\),
$$8 \tan 2 \theta = - 3 \cos 2 \theta$$
giving your answers to one decimal place.
(Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.)
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