Practise using compound- and double-angle identities to simplify, prove and solve trigonometric expressions while respecting signs, quadrants and denominators.
Syllabus
First assessment 2021
Course
Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL
Level
HL
Exam points
Apply compound-angle identities for sine, cosine and tangent to expand or simplify exact trigonometric expressions.
Derive and use double-angle identities, including the tangent form, to transform and solve trigonometric equations with stated restrictions.
(b) EITHER choosing two appropriate angles, for example 60∘ and 45∘sin105∘=sin60∘cos45∘+cos60∘sin45∘ and cos105∘=cos60∘cos45∘−sin60∘sin45∘sin105∘+cos105∘=23×21+21×21+21×21−23×21=21 OR attempt to square the expression (sin105∘+cos105∘)2=sin2105∘+2sin105∘cos105∘+cos2105∘(sin105∘+cos105∘)2=1+sin210∘=21sin105∘+cos105∘=21