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IAL 2025 June Q9

A Level / Edexcel / FP2

IAL 2025 June Paper · Question 9

题目

Problem

In this question you must show all stages of your working.
Solutions relying entirely on calculator technology are not acceptable.

(a) Use de Moivre’s theorem to show that

sin5θasin5θ+bsin3θ+csinθ\begin{align*} \sin5\theta \equiv a\sin^5\theta+b\sin^3\theta+c\sin\theta \end{align*}

where aa, bb and cc are integers to be determined.

(5)

(b) Hence determine the possible exact values of sin2(kπ5)\sin^2\left(\frac{k\pi}{5}\right) where kZk\in\mathbb{Z}

(4)

解答

(a)

解法一

思路

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用 De Moivre’s theorem 展开 (cosθ+isinθ)5(\cos\theta+\mathrm{i}\sin\theta)^5,取虚部得到 sin5θ\sin5\theta。然后用 cos2θ=1sin2θ\cos^2\theta=1-\sin^2\theta 把式子全部写成 sinθ\sin\theta 的幂。

答题过程

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By De Moivre’s theorem,

(cosθ+isinθ)5=cos5θ+isin5θ\begin{align*} (\cos\theta+\mathrm{i}\sin\theta)^5 =\cos5\theta+\mathrm{i}\sin5\theta \end{align*}

Taking imaginary parts after expanding,

sin5θ=5cos4θsinθ10cos2θsin3θ+sin5θ\begin{align*} \sin5\theta ={}& 5\cos^4\theta\sin\theta -10\cos^2\theta\sin^3\theta +\sin^5\theta \end{align*}

Use

cos2θ=1sin2θ\begin{align*} \cos^2\theta=1-\sin^2\theta \end{align*}

Then

sin5θ=5(1sin2θ)2sinθ10(1sin2θ)sin3θ+sin5θ=5(12sin2θ+sin4θ)sinθ10sin3θ+10sin5θ+sin5θ=5sinθ10sin3θ+5sin5θ10sin3θ+11sin5θ=16sin5θ20sin3θ+5sinθ\begin{align*} \sin5\theta ={}& 5(1-\sin^2\theta)^2\sin\theta\\[2mm] &\,\hspace{2pt}-10(1-\sin^2\theta)\sin^3\theta\\[2mm] &\,\hspace{4pt}+\sin^5\theta\\[3mm] ={}& 5(1-2\sin^2\theta+\sin^4\theta)\sin\theta\\[2mm] &\,\hspace{2pt}-10\sin^3\theta +10\sin^5\theta +\sin^5\theta\\[3mm] ={}& 5\sin\theta-10\sin^3\theta+5\sin^5\theta\\[2mm] &\,\hspace{2pt}-10\sin^3\theta +11\sin^5\theta\\[3mm] ={}& 16\sin^5\theta-20\sin^3\theta+5\sin\theta \end{align*}

Therefore

a=16,b=20,c=5\begin{align*} \boxed{a=16,\quad b=-20,\quad c=5} \end{align*}

(b)

解法一

思路

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θ=kπ5\theta=\frac{k\pi}{5},则 5θ=kπ5\theta=k\pi,所以 sin5θ=0\sin5\theta=0。把 (a) 的式子设为 00,提取 sinθ\sin\theta 后,剩下是关于 sin2θ\sin^2\theta 的二次方程。

答题过程

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Let

θ=kπ5\begin{align*} \theta=\frac{k\pi}{5} \end{align*}

where kZk\in\mathbb{Z}. Then

sin5θ=sin(kπ)=0\begin{align*} \sin5\theta=\sin(k\pi)=0 \end{align*}

Using part (a),

16sin5θ20sin3θ+5sinθ=0sinθ(16sin4θ20sin2θ+5)=0\begin{align*} 16\sin^5\theta-20\sin^3\theta+5\sin\theta ={}& 0\\[2mm] \sin\theta \left( 16\sin^4\theta-20\sin^2\theta+5 \right) ={}& 0 \end{align*}

One possibility is

sin2θ=0\begin{align*} \sin^2\theta=0 \end{align*}

For the other possibilities, let

u=sin2θ\begin{align*} u=\sin^2\theta \end{align*}

Then

16u220u+5=0\begin{align*} 16u^2-20u+5=0 \end{align*}

Solve:

u=20±(20)24(16)(5)32=20±8032=20±4532=5±58\begin{align*} u ={}& \frac{20\pm\sqrt{(-20)^2-4(16)(5)}}{32}\\[3mm] ={}& \frac{20\pm\sqrt{80}}{32}\\[3mm] ={}& \frac{20\pm4\sqrt5}{32}\\[3mm] ={}& \frac{5\pm\sqrt5}{8} \end{align*}

Therefore the possible exact values are

0,558,5+58\begin{align*} \boxed{ 0,\quad \frac{5-\sqrt5}{8},\quad \frac{5+\sqrt5}{8} } \end{align*}