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MAWA FORMULA SHEET FOR MATHEMATICS SPECIALIST (Unit 1).docx

MAWA FORMULA SHEET FOR MATHEMATICS SPECIALIST (Unit 1)

Combinatorics

Combinations

Inclusion – exclusion principle

Permutations

Vectors in the plane

Magnitude of a vector

Unit vector

Scalar product

Vector projection (of a on b)

Trigonometric functions formulae from Mathematical Methods

Angle sum and difference identites sinA±B=sinAcosB±cosAsinB

cosA±B=cosAcosB∓sinAsinB

Area of a sector A=12r2θ

Area of a segment A=12r2(θ-sinθ)

Length of an arc l=rθ

Length of a chord l =2rsin12θ

Sine rule asinA=bsinB=csinC

Cosine rule c2=a2+b2-2abcosC

Cot(x)=1/(tanx)

Tan(x)=sin(x)/cos(x)