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Problem 1

Evaluate the following expressions:

(a)

(b) \cos\left(\frac {7\pi}{4}\right)

(c) \sin\left(\frac {5\pi}{3}\right)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)


Problem 2

Using the unit circle, find \sin \left( x + \frac {\pi}{2} \right) and \cos \left( x + \frac {\pi}{2} \right) in terms of and .


Problem 3

In triangle , , , and . What is ?


Problem 4

What does the graph of look like compared to the graphs of and ? What about the graph of 2\sin \left( 3x + \frac {\pi}{4} \right) - 1?


Problem 5

Find the value of \tan(\pi/12) \cdot \tan(2\pi/12) \cdot \tan(3\pi/12) \cdots \tan(5\pi/12).



Problem 6

Suppose that parallelogram has , \angle B = \angle D = 150^\circ, and the shorter diagonal has length 2. If the height of the parallelogram is , find the perimeter of in terms of .


Problem 7

Given a positive number and a number satisfying , for how many values of with is ? What if or ?


Problem 8

How many solutions are there to the equation , where is in radians?


Problem 9

Determine all such that 0 \le \theta \le \frac {\pi}{2} and \sin^5\theta + \cos^5\theta = 1.



Problem 10

Find the value of . Hint: Draw an isosceles triangle with vertex angle .

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