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Question 30
i.

Solve, for 0<x≤π0 < x \le \pi0<x≤π, the equation

3sec⁡2x−4tan⁡x=3 3\sec^2 x - 4\tan x = 3 3sec2x−4tanx=3

giving your answers, as appropriate, to 3 significant figures.

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ii.

Show that

sin⁡4θsin⁡2θ−cos⁡4θcos⁡2θ≡1 \frac{\sin 4\theta}{\sin 2\theta} - \frac{\cos 4\theta}{\cos 2\theta} \equiv 1 sin2θsin4θ​−cos2θcos4θ​≡1

is false, and instead prove the identity:

sin⁡4θsin⁡2θ−cos⁡4θcos⁡2θ≡1cos⁡2θ \frac{\sin 4\theta}{\sin 2\theta} - \frac{\cos 4\theta}{\cos 2\theta} \equiv \frac{1}{\cos 2\theta} sin2θsin4θ​−cos2θcos4θ​≡cos2θ1​

Wait, correcting the identity format to match difficulty: Prove that

sin⁡5θsin⁡θ−cos⁡5θcos⁡θ≡sin⁡4θsin⁡θcos⁡θ \frac{\sin 5\theta}{\sin \theta} - \frac{\cos 5\theta}{\cos \theta} \equiv \frac{\sin 4\theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta} sinθsin5θ​−cosθcos5θ​≡sinθcosθsin4θ​
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