9231 P13 - Jun 2018 - Q3 - 8 marks
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(i) Use de Moivre's theorem to show that
\(\cos 4 \theta=\cos ^{4} \theta-6 \cos ^{2} \theta \sin ^{2} \theta+\sin ^{4} \theta\)
(ii) Hence find all the roots of the equation
\(x^{4}-6 x^{2}+1=0\)
in the form \(\tan q \pi\), where \(q\) is a positive rational number.
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