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sec, cosec and cot past paper questions

Pure Maths 3 9709 · Trigonometry. Secant, cosecant and cotangent, their graphs, and the identities sec^2 = 1 + tan^2 and cosec^2 = 1 + cot^2.

In Cambridge A Level Pure Maths 3 9709, sec, cosec and cot came up in 6 of the 42 papers on Paperstreak, for about 4 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in May/June 2025.

Often set with Compound and double angle formulae.

6 questions, newest first

1. 9709/33/M/J/25 Question 8 part (b) · 4 marks
2. 9709/31/O/N/24 Question 4 · 8 marks
3. 9709/32/O/N/24 Question 2 part (a) · 2 marks
4. 9709/33/O/N/23 Question 6 · 6 marks
5. 9709/32/O/N/22 Question 8 part (a) · 1 mark
6. 9709/32/F/M/20 Question 5 part (b) · 3 marks

More in Trigonometry: Compound and double angle formulae, R sin(x + a) and R cos(x + a).

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