Practise rewriting powers, products and quotients of sine, cosine, tangent and secant with identities before integrating and evaluating exact trigonometric bounds.
Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Mathematics 9709
Level
A2
Exam points
use double-angle or power-reduction identities to rewrite even powers of sine or cosine
convert tan² θ to sec² θ − 1 or simplify a quotient before integrating
substitute radian bounds into the transformed antiderivative and simplify exact π or surd terms
3.5.2—Trig integration question 1
[Maximum number: 6]
Hence find the exact value of ∫−81π81π(cos4θ−sin4θ+4sin2θcos2θ)dθ.
Use part (a) and correct double angle formula to obtain expression involving ∫sin22θdθ or ∫cos22θdθ
M1
∫cos4θ−sin4θ+4sin2θcos2θdθ=∫cos2θ+sin22θdθ
Marking guidance:
Allow BOD for 2sin22θ if sin2θ=2sinθcosθ seen.
∫cos2θdθ=21sin2θ
B1
Seen or implied.
Use of correct double angle formula on second part of the integral to obtain a form that can be integrated directly
M1
e.g. ∫sin22θdθ=∫21−cos4θdθ
Obtain 21θ−81sin4θ
A1
Condone a mixture of x and θ.
Correct use of limits ±8π in an expression of the form pθ+qsin2θ+rsin4θ and evaluate the trig