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    SPM (2005 - 2013) Past Year Questions on Trigonometric Function Graphs

    SPM Past-Yr Questions on Trigonometric Function Graphs (Yrs: 2005 2013):


    (with a peek at similar questions from IGCSE Cambridge Add-Maths 0606 and Edexcel 4PMO
    (Further Pure Maths)
    (Note: SPM 2013 P2 Q4 on trigonometric functions does not involve graphs unlike the years before)
    The SPM Past Year Questions:
    1) 2012 P2 Q6:
    (a) Prove that 2/(cos 2x + 1) = sec2 x.
    (2)
    (b) (i) Sketch the graph of y = cos 2x + 1 for 0 x 2.
    (3)
    (ii) Hence, use the same axes, sketch a suitable straight line to find the number of solutions to the equation
    2/sec2 x = x/4 + 1 for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)
    2) 2011 P2 Q6:
    (a) Sketch the graph of y = -3 sin (3/2)x for 0 x 2.
    (4)
    (b) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable graph to find the number of solutions to the equation /x
    + 3 sin (3/2)x = 0 for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)
    3) 2010 P2 Q2:
    (a) Sketch the graph of y = 1 + 3 cos x for 0 x 2.
    (4)
    (b) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable straight line to find the number of solutions to the
    equation 6 cos x = 4 3x for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)
    4) 2009 P2 Q4:
    (a) Sketch the graph of y = (3/2) cos 2x for 0 x (3/2).
    (3)
    (b) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable straight line to find the number of solutions to the
    equation (4/3)x cos 2x = (3/2) for 0 x (3/2).
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)
    5) 2008 P2 Q4:
    (
    a) Prove that (2 tan x)/(2 - sec2 x) = tan 2x.
    (2)
    (
    b) (i) Sketch the graph of y = - tan 2x for 0 x .
    (ii) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable straight line to find the number of solutions to the
    equation 3x/ + (2 tan x)/(2 - sec2 x) = 0
    for 0 x .
    State the number of solutions.
    (6)
    6) 2007 P2 Q3:
    (a) Sketch the graph of y = 3 cos 2x for 0 x 2.
    (4)
    (b) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable line to find the number of solutions to the equation 2 -
    3 cos 2x = x/2 for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)
    7) 2006 P2 Q4:
    (a) Sketch the graph of y = -2 cos x for 0 x 2.
    (4)
    (b) Hence, using the same axes, sketch a suitable graph to find the number of solutions to the equation
    /x + 2 cos x = 0 for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.
    (3)

    8) 2005 P2 Q5:
    (a) Prove that cosec2 x 2 sin2 x cot2 x = cos 2x.
    (2)
    (c) (i) Sketch the graph of y = cos 2x for 0 x 2.
    (ii) Hence, using the same axes, draw a suitable straight line to find the number of solutions to the equation
    3 (cosec2 x 2 sin2 x cot2 x) = (x/) 1 for 0 x 2.
    State the number of solutions.

    (6)

    ----------------------END------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Try this question of mine before you proceed further:


    My Q. For 0o x 180o, find to 3 significant figures the range of values of x for
    5 sin x > cos x.
    (Answer given at the end of this post)
    --------------------------------------------------Let's take a look at a Cambridge IGCSE question on trigonometric function graphs:

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Let's take a look at a Edexcel IGCSE Add-Maths (4PMO) question on trigonometric function
    graphs:

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Ans to My Q: 11.3o < x 180o - posed after the SPM Past-Yr Qs)

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