Year: 2003
Paper: 1
Question Number: 4
Course: LFM Pure
Section: Trigonometry 2
Difficulty Rating: 1500.0
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Solve the inequality
$$\frac{\sin\theta+1}{\cos\theta}\le1\;$$
where $0\le\theta<2\pi\,$ and $\cos\theta\ne0\,$.
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\def\functionf(#1){sin((#1)*180/pi)+1};
\def\functiong(#1){cos((#1)*180/pi)};
\def\functionh(#1){(sin((#1)*180/pi)+1)/cos((#1)*180/pi)};
\def\xl{-3.14/2};
\def\xu{5*3.14/2};
\def\yl{-4};
\def\yu{4};
% Calculate scaling factors to make the plot square
\pgfmathsetmacro{\xrange}{\xu-\xl}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\yrange}{\yu-\yl}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\xscale}{10/\xrange}
\pgfmathsetmacro{\yscale}{10/\yrange}
% Define the styles for the axes and grid
\tikzset{
axis/.style={very thick, ->},
grid/.style={thin, gray!30},
x=\xscale cm,
y=\yscale cm
}
% Define the bounding region with clip
\begin{scope}
% You can modify these values to change your plotting region
\clip (\xl,\yl) rectangle (\xu,\yu);
% Draw a grid (optional)
% \draw[grid] (-5,-3) grid (5,3);
\draw[thick, blue, smooth, domain=0:{2*pi}, samples=100]
plot (\x, {\functionf(\x)});
\draw[thick, green, smooth, domain=0:{2*pi}, samples=100]
plot (\x, {\functiong(\x)});
\draw[thick, red, smooth, domain=0:{pi/2-0.01}, samples=100]
plot (\x, {\functionh(\x)});
\draw[thick, red, smooth, domain={pi/2+0.01}:{3*pi/2-0.01}, samples=100]
plot (\x, {\functionh(\x)});
\draw[thick, red, smooth, domain={3*pi/2+0.01}:{4*pi/2}, samples=100]
plot (\x, {\functionh(\x)});
\draw[thick, red, dashed] ({pi/2}, \yl) -- ({pi/2}, \yu);
\draw[thick, red, dashed] ({3*pi/2}, \yl) -- ({3*pi/2}, \yu);
\draw[thick, black, dashed] (\xl, 1) -- (\xu,1);
\end{scope}
% Set up axes
\draw[axis] (\xl,0) -- (\xu,0) node[right] {$x$};
\draw[axis] (0,\yl) -- (0,\yu) node[above] {$y$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{center}
$\theta \in \{0\} \cup (\frac{\pi}{2}, 2\pi]$. In $(0, \frac{\pi}{2})$ $\cos \theta < 1 + \sin \theta$, and then it's either negative or greater than $1+ \sin \theta$