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You can't use sin since it's not a right angle triangle.

For finding side AB, you know that angle BOA is 60, and two of your sides are 8. It has to be an equilateral triangle meaning AB is also 8.
For finding BC you just use cos rule using triangle OBC. If you want I can solve it :c


Also, I've got finally got question :3 A star daredevil asd
http://papers.xtremepapers.com/CIE/...S Level/Mathematics (9709)/9709_s11_qp_13.pdf
Q3.
 

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You can't use sin since it's not a right angle triangle.

For finding side AB, you know that angle BOA is 60, and two of your sides are 8. It has to be an equilateral triangle meaning AB is also 8.
For finding BC you just use cos rule using triangle OBC. If you want I can solve it :c


Also, I've got finally got question :3 A star daredevil asd
http://papers.xtremepapers.com/CIE/Cambridge International A and AS Level/Mathematics (9709)/9709_s11_qp_13.pdf
Q3.
Oh, dude I just did it yest. :DD
P(a,0)
Q(0,b)
now the distance PQ= [a^2 + b^2]^1/2 = 45^1/2
a^2+b^2=45.
substituting (a,0), y=-1/2 (x + a)
2y=a-x ---> (i)
Now substituting (b,0), y-b=-1/2(x-o)
2y= 2b-x ---> (ii)
a-x=2b-x
a=2b
Now plug in the value of a in the distance equation to get the values.
 
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9709/11/M/J/12 Question no 7(b)(i)
how do we solve that "convergent"progression??

For arithmetic progressions, a = 1st term, a+d = 2nd term, a+2d = 3rd term , and so on.
d = the difference between consecutive terms.

The first term here is 1 and the second term here is cos²x.
SO, a=1 and a+d= cos²x

We can find d from this, as we have two equations.
Since a = 1 we can write the 2nd equation as 1+d = cos²x , which gives d as cos²x-1

Now, we use the formula for sum of a number of terms in an arithmetic progression which is Sn= n/2(2a + (n-1) d ) you should learn this formula.
Since there asking for the sum of the first ten terms we take n as 10.

S10= 10/2 (2(1) + (10 -1) cos²x-1 )
= 5 (2 + (9) cos²x-1 )

If you know identities you should recognize cos²x-1 is the same as -sin²x
So we replace that.

= 5 ( 2+ (9)(-sin²x)
= 10-45sin²x

a= 10 , b = 45.
Hope you understood.
 
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For arithmetic progressions, a = 1st term, a+d = 2nd term, a+2d = 3rd term , and so on.
d = the difference between consecutive terms.

The first term here is 1 and the second term here is cos²x.
SO, a=1 and a+d= cos²x

We can find d from this, as we have two equations.
Since a = 1 we can write the 2nd equation as 1+d = cos²x , which gives d as cos²x-1

Now, we use the formula for sum of a number of terms in an arithmetic progression which is Sn= n/2(2a + (n-1) d ) you should learn this formula.
Since there asking for the sum of the first ten terms we take n as 10.

S10= 10/2 (2(1) + (10 -1) cos²x-1 )
= 5 (2 + (9) cos²x-1 )

If you know identities you should recognize cos²x-1 is the same as -sin²x
So we replace that.

= 5 ( 2+ (9)(-sin²x)
= 10-45sin²x

a= 10 , b = 45.
Hope you understood.
I meant Qno.7 (b)(i)
 
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You can't use sin since it's not a right angle triangle.

For finding side AB, you know that angle BOA is 60, and two of your sides are 8. It has to be an equilateral triangle meaning AB is also 8.
For finding BC you just use cos rule using triangle OBC. If you want I can solve it :c


Also, I've got finally got question :3 A star daredevil asd
http://papers.xtremepapers.com/CIE/Cambridge International A and AS Level/Mathematics (9709)/9709_s11_qp_13.pdf
Q3.
already solved it in the previous threads -_-
seriously i'm thinking i've done every difficult question ... thankuuuuu xpf 8D
 
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