Exam-Style Questions.

1.	IB Analysis and Approaches

In triangle ABC, the length of AB = 5cm, AC = 13cm and \( \cos B \hat AC = \frac18 \).

(a) find the value of \( \sin B \hat AC \)

(b) Find the area of triangle ABC.

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2.	IB Analysis and Approaches

(a) Show that:

$$ \cos 2x - \sin 2x + 1 = 2 \cos x ( \cos x - \sin x) $$

(b) Hence or otherwise, solve the following equation for \( \pi \lt x \lt 3\pi \).

$$ \cos 2x - \sin 2x + 1 = \sin x - \cos x $$

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3.	IB Analysis and Approaches

(a) Show that the equation \( 2 \sin^2 x - 5 \cos x = -1\) may be written in the form \( 2 \cos^2 x + 5 \cos x = 3\)

(b) Hence, solve the equation \( 2 \sin^2 x - 5 \cos x = -1 \), \( 2\pi \lt x \lt 4\pi \).

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4.	IB Standard

Consider a right-angled triangle, ABC, with the right angle at vertex C and where \(\sin A = \frac{12}{13}\)

(a) Show that \(\cos A = \frac{5}{13}\)

(b) Find \(\sin 2A\).

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5.

A-Level

The cosine of acute angle \( \alpha \) is \( \frac{1}{ \sqrt 5} \)

The angle \( \beta \) is obtuse and \( \sin \beta = \sqrt \frac{2}{3} \).

(a) Find exact values of \( \tan \alpha \) and \( \tan \beta \).

(b) Hence show that \( \tan( \alpha - \beta ) \) can be written as \(a+b \sqrt 2 \) where \(a\) and \(b\) are rational numbers

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