Before the midterm
Misreading a standard trigonometric value
The habit: Check sin and cos at the standard angles on the unit circle before substituting.
6 practice questions are built to catch it, in 5 topics.
What it looks like
A question from implicit differentiation and inverse trigonometric functions, with the answer this slip gives beside the right one.
Introductory1 mark · 2 min
Find the exact value of .
- With the slip
- Worked through
That angle has sine −1/2, not 1/2. Find the angle in [−π/2, π/2] whose sine is 1/2.
Where it comes up
- Power functions and first sketches1 question
- Functions, graphs and inverses1 question
- Exponential and trigonometric functions1 question
- The chain rule and logarithms1 question
- Implicit differentiation and inverse trigonometric functions2 questions
Practise against it
Each of these has an answer this slip gives. Work them on paper: if you fall into it, the verdict names it and the question comes back in review.
- 01Find the exact value of the expression below.
Functions, graphs and inversesIntroductory
- 02Find the exact value of .
Implicit differentiation and inverse trigonometric functionsIntroductory
- 04Find the -intercept of the line tangent to at .
Exponential and trigonometric functionsStandard
- 05Let . Find .
The chain rule and logarithmsStandard