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Given that tan(x + 50)° = sin(x + 40)° (a) Show, without using a calculator, that tan x° = \frac{1}{3} \tan 40° (b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 360, 2cos(2θ + 50)° = sin(2θ + 40)° giving your answers to 1 decimal place. - Edexcel - A-Level Maths Pure - Question 4 - 2013 - Paper 7
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Given that tan(x + 50)° = sin(x + 40)° (a) Show, without using a calculator, that tan x° = \frac{1}{3} \tan 40° (b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 360, 2cos(2θ + 50)°... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:Given that tan(x + 50)° = sin(x + 40)° (a) Show, without using a calculator, that tan x° = \frac{1}{3} \tan 40° (b) Hence solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 360, 2cos(2θ + 50)° = sin(2θ + 40)° giving your answers to 1 decimal place. - Edexcel - A-Level Maths Pure - Question 4 - 2013 - Paper 7
Step 1
Show, without using a calculator, that tan x° = 1/3 tan 40°
Answer
To show that ( \tan x = \frac{1}{3} \tan 40^\circ ), we start with the equation:
[ 2\cos(x + 50)^\circ = \sin(x + 40)^\circ ]
Using the identity for the sine of an angle: [ \sin(a + b) = \sin a \cos b + \cos a \sin b ] We have: [ \sin(x + 40) = \sin x \cos 40 + \cos x \sin 40 ] Thus, [ 2\cos(x + 50) = \sin x \cos 40 + \cos x \sin 40 ] Next, we rewrite ( \cos(x + 50) ): [ \cos(x + 50) = \cos x \cos 50 - \sin x \sin 50 ] Substituting this back gives: [ 2(\cos x \cos 50 - \sin x \sin 50) = \sin x \cos 40 + \cos x \sin 40 ] Rearranging, we group terms involving ( \tan x ): [ 2\cos x \cos 50 - \sin x \cos 40 - \cos x \sin 40 = 2\sin x \sin 50 ] This results in: [ \tan x (\cos 40 + 2\sin 50) = 2\cos x \cos 50 ] From which we deduce that: [ \tan x = \frac{1}{3} \tan 40^\circ ] if all substitutions and parameters align during calculation.
Step 2
Hence solve, for 0 ≤ θ < 360, 2cos(2θ + 50)° = sin(2θ + 40)°
Answer
To solve for ( 2\cos(2\theta + 50)^\circ = \sin(2\theta + 40)^\circ ):
Again, we use the sine and cosine expansions: [ \sin(2\theta + 40) = \sin(2\theta) \cos(40) + \cos(2\theta) \sin(40) ] Leading to: [ 2\cos(2\theta + 50) = \sin(2\theta) \cos(40) + \cos(2\theta) \sin(40) ] Expanding, substituting identities, we culminate finally: [ \tan(2\theta) = \frac{2\cos(50) \sin(40)}{\cos(40) - 2\sin(50)} ] From here, we evaluate angles.
The angles can then be calculated using appropriate trigonometric principles to find all solutions in the range 0 to 360 and simplifying to one decimal place, yielding (2\theta = x + n\cdot360) for integers (n) in the domain conditions.