Target Mathematics

2.11: Cubic in sin from sec–tan equation

0606/21/O/N/19 — Question 7 · 7 marks

(b)(i)
Show that 13tanxsecx4sinx5sec2x=013\tan x \sec x - 4\sin x - 5\sec^{2} x = 0 can be written as 4sin3x+9sinx5=04\sin^{3} x + 9\sin x - 5 = 0.
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(b)(ii)
Using your answers to part (a)(ii) and part (b)(i), solve the equation 13tanxsecx4sinx5sec2x=013\tan x \sec x - 4\sin x - 5\sec^{2} x = 0 for 0<x<2π0 < x < 2\pi radians.
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