Direct Double Angle Evaluation

Given a trigonometric value (e.g., sin α or cos α), compute a double angle expression (e.g., cos 2α) using double angle formulas.

csat-suneung 2008 Q26 3 marks View
(Calculus) When $\sin \alpha = \frac { 3 } { 4 }$, what is the value of $\cos 2 \alpha$? [3 points]
(1) $- \frac { 1 } { 32 }$
(2) $- \frac { 1 } { 16 }$
(3) $- \frac { 1 } { 8 }$
(4) $- \frac { 1 } { 4 }$
(5) $- \frac { 1 } { 2 }$
csat-suneung 2010 Q26 3 marks View
[Calculus] When $\tan \theta = - \sqrt { 2 }$, what is the value of $\sin \theta \tan 2 \theta$? (where $\frac { \pi } { 2 } < \theta < \pi$ ) [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 2 \sqrt { 3 } } { 3 }$
(2) $\sqrt { 3 }$
(3) $\frac { 4 \sqrt { 3 } } { 3 }$
(4) $\frac { 5 \sqrt { 3 } } { 3 }$
(5) $2 \sqrt { 3 }$
csat-suneung 2013 Q3 2 marks View
When $\sin \theta = \frac { 1 } { 3 }$, what is the value of $\sin 2 \theta$? (Given that $0 < \theta < \frac { \pi } { 2 }$.) [2 points]
(1) $\frac { 7 \sqrt { 2 } } { 18 }$
(2) $\frac { 4 \sqrt { 2 } } { 9 }$
(3) $\frac { \sqrt { 2 } } { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 5 \sqrt { 2 } } { 9 }$
(5) $\frac { 11 \sqrt { 2 } } { 18 }$
csat-suneung 2014 Q3 2 marks View
When $\tan \theta = \frac { \sqrt { 5 } } { 5 }$, what is the value of $\cos 2 \theta$? [2 points]
(1) $\frac { \sqrt { 2 } } { 3 }$
(2) $\frac { \sqrt { 3 } } { 3 }$
(3) $\frac { 2 } { 3 }$
(4) $\frac { \sqrt { 5 } } { 3 }$
(5) $\frac { \sqrt { 6 } } { 3 }$
gaokao 2018 Q4 5 marks View
If $\sin \alpha = \frac { 1 } { 3 }$, then $\cos 2 \alpha =$
A. $\frac { 8 } { 9 }$
B. $\frac { 7 } { 9 }$
C. $- \frac { 7 } { 9 }$
D. $- \frac { 8 } { 9 }$
turkey-yks 2011 Q28 View
$\cos \mathrm { x } = \frac { - 4 } { 5 }$ Given this, what is $\cos 2 \mathrm { x }$?
A) $\frac { 3 } { 5 }$
B) $\frac { 5 } { 13 }$
C) $\frac { 12 } { 13 }$
D) $\frac { 24 } { 25 }$
E) $\frac { 7 } { 25 }$