Target Mathematics

2.16: Simplify tan over sec and solve

0606/22/M/J/19 — Question 9 · 4 marks

(b)(i)
Show that, for π2<y<π2-\tfrac{\pi}{2} < y < \tfrac{\pi}{2}, 4tany1+tan2y\dfrac{4\tan y}{\sqrt{1 + \tan^{2} y}} can be written in the form asinya\sin y, where aa is an integer.
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(b)(ii)
Hence solve 4tany1+tan2y+3=0\dfrac{4\tan y}{\sqrt{1 + \tan^{2} y}} + 3 = 0 for π2<y<π2-\tfrac{\pi}{2} < y < \tfrac{\pi}{2} radians.
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