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Exercises for Chapter 3 Section 1.
 

Do NOT use your calculator for these exercises.
 

1. Given that  find:


 

2. Let  be an angle with  Find r, a, b such that  with the given  and then find  and 
 

3. Let  acute. Find a complex number in both polar and rectangular forms having  as its argument and then find  and 
 

4. It is clear from definitions (D) that there are values of  for which some of the trigonometric functions are not defined because the denominator of the defining fraction will be zero.

(a) Characterize all the values of  for which the cosecant and cotangent are not defined.

(b) Characterize all the values of  for which the tangent and secant are not defined.
 

5. Let  be as in Problems 2 and 3 above. Use operations on complex numbers and the results of Problems 2 and 3 to find the following: [Do not use subtraction formulas, double angle formulas, etc.]


 

6. Given that  use square roots of complex numbers to find all possibilities for


 

7. Prove the Pythagorean Identity;  for all angles 
 

8. Let  Find all six trigonometric functions of  in terms of c and s.
 

9. Let  Find the six trigonometric functions of  in terms of c for

[HINT: Use  (see Problem 7) and the results of Problem 8.]
 

10. Let Express in terms of c and s.
 

11. Use Problem 10 to express  in terms of  and  for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
 

12. Express  in terms of  for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
 

13. Derive the addition, subtraction, and double angle formulas for the cosine, sine, tangent, and cotangent using complex numbers. (Some of these are in Examples 1, 2, and 3.)
 

14. (a) Derive the formulas  and  using square roots of complex numbers. Explain choice of  sign.

(b) Use Problem 28, Exercises for Chapter 2 Sections 4, 5, and 6 to show that





15. (a) Complete the following table: [HINT: See Problem 3, Exercises for Chapter 2 Sections 4, 5, and 6. and use ]
 
x 0
sin(x)         0 1/2      

(b) Explain why 

(c) Use parts (a) and (b) to tabulate y = sin(x) for 

(d) Graph y = sin(x) for 
 

16. (a) Graph y = cos(x) for 

(b) Graph y = tan(x) for 
 

17. Use the formula csc(x) = 1/sin(x) and Problem 15 to graph y = csc(x) for   and 
 

18. Graph:

(a) y = sec(x) for 

(b) y = cot(x) for  and 
 

19. Consider a right triangle with  one of its acute angles. Let hyp be the length of the hypotenuse, adj the length of the side adjacent to  and opp the length of the side opposite  Verify each of the following:


 

20.  Use the double angle formula for the cosine and the Pythagorean Identity (see Problem 7) to verify each of the following identities:

(a) 

(b) 
 
 

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