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NSC / Matric Sequences and Series Gp — practice questions

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Why does a trigonometric equation have infinitely many solutions unless the domain is restricted?Read the answer and worked solution →When solving a trigonometric equation, what is the CAST diagram used for?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each series word to its meaningRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the arc length relationRead the answer and worked solution →Match each identity to its nameRead the answer and worked solution →The Pythagorean identitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Odd function or even function?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the degree and radian conversionRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: identities and parityRead the answer and worked solution →Match each sum or difference formula to its resultRead the answer and worked solution →Signs in the expansionRead the answer and worked solution →Which formula does this belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: periodicityRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the complementary angle rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: convert degrees to radiansRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: identity with its valueRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every correct identityRead the answer and worked solution →Radians and degreesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: reading the identitiesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Why does a trigonometric equation have infinitely many solutions unless the domain is restricted?

  1. The functions are always positive
  2. The functions repeat periodically
  3. The functions have no maximum
  4. The functions are not continuous
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Correct answer: B. The functions repeat periodically

1. Sine, cosine and tangent all repeat their values after a fixed interval of angle. 2. So once one angle satisfies an equation, adding whole periods to it gives more angles that also satisfy it. 3. Subtracting whole periods works in the same way and gives negative angles. 4. That is why a general solution is written with a whole number of periods added on. _Source: Siyavula Mathematics Grade 12 (Everything Maths, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 4: Trigonometry_

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When solving a trigonometric equation, what is the CAST diagram used for?

  1. To find the size of the reference angle
  2. To find the period of the function
  3. To find where the ratio is positive
  4. To find the value of the amplitude
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Correct answer: C. To find where the ratio is positive

1. A calculator returns only one angle, called the reference angle, for a given ratio. 2. But the same ratio has the same sign in two of the four quadrants. 3. The CAST diagram records which trigonometric ratios are positive in each quadrant. 4. It is therefore used to decide which quadrants the solutions lie in. 5. The reference angle itself comes from the calculator, not from the diagram. _Source: Siyavula Mathematics Grade 12 (Everything Maths, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 4: Trigonometry_

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Match each series word to its meaning

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Common difference
    Right
    Added on to get the next term
  2. Left
    Constant ratio
    Right
    Multiplied by to get the next term
  3. Left
    Series
    Right
    The sum of the terms of a sequence
  4. Left
    Convergent series
    Right
    Its running total settles on one value
  5. Left
    Divergent series
    Right
    Its running total has no limit
  6. Left
    Sigma notation
    Right
    A compact way of writing a sum
Instructions
Tap a word on the left, then tap the meaning on the right that belongs with it.
_Source: Siyavula Mathematics Grade 12 (Everything Maths, CC BY 4.0), Chapter 1: Sequences and series_

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