SOLUTIONS

CLASS-XII MATHEMATICS
Chapter – 2 (INVERSE TRIGONOMETRY)
SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST
1. c

2. a

3. tan −1 ( 3 ) − sec−1 ( −2 )
       
= tan −1  tan    − sec−1  − sec   
  3    3 
         
 tan ( tan  ) −   − 2 , 2  and sec ( sec  ) =   ( 0,  ) −  2 
−1
= −−  2
3  3     

m
2 
= − = −
3 3

co
   
4. cot  − 2cot −1 3  = cot  − 2cot −1  cot  
2  2  6 

.

 2
  
= cot  − 2   
 6   hs
 cot −1 ( cot  ) =   ( 0,  ) 

at
  
= cot  −  = cot   = 3
 2 2  6
m

   
 sin  − x  
5. tan −1 
cos x  −1 2  .
 = tan 
aj

 1 + sin x    
 1 + cos  2 − x  
  
aj

  x   x 
 2sin  4 − 2  cos  4 − 2  
itb

= tan −1     
   x  
 2 cos 2  −  
 4 2 
am

   x   x
= tan −1  tan  −   = −
  4 2  4 2
1
6. Let cot −1 x =   x = cot   sin  =
1 + x2

 (
 cos  tan −1 sin cot −1 x 
  )
   1  
= cos sin −1 sin  sin −1  
   
   1 + x2  
 1  1
= cos  tan −1 =
 1 + x2   1 
sec  tan −1 
 1 + x2 

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 1 1 1 + x2
= = =
 −1  1 2 + x2
1 + tan −2
 tan
1
 1+
  1 + x2
 x + x2 

 1 + sin x + 1 − sin x 
7. cot −1  
 1 + sin x − 1 − sin x 

 1 + sin x + 1 − sin x 
= cot −1   
( 1 + sin x + 1 − sin x )
 1 + sin x − 1 − sin x  ( 1 + sin x + 1 − sin x )

x
+ 1 + 2 cos 2 − 1
 2 2 cos x  2
= cot −1   = cot
−1

 2sin x  x
2sin .cos
x
2 2
 x x
= cot −1  cot  = cot −1 ( cot x ) =   ( 0,  )
  2

m
2
8. Putting x = cos  and cos −1 x in L.H.S., we get

co
 1 + cos  − 1 − cos  
LHS =tan −1  
 1 + cos  + 1 − cos  

.
  
 2 cos 2 − 2 sin 2 
= tan 


−1

2

 2 cos  + 2 sin  
hs
at
2
 
1 − tan 2     1
m

−1
= tan  −1
 = − = − cos x = R.H.S.

1 + tan  4 2 4 2
 2
aj

9. Let x = tan    = tan −1 x

aj

 1 + x2 − 1  1 + tan 2  − 1 
 tan −1   = tan −1  
itb

 x   tan  
   
 sec  − 1  −1 − cos  
= tan −1   = tan  sin  
am

 tan    
  
2sin 2
−1   2 −1    1 −1
= tan     = tan  tan  = = tan x .
 2sin cos   2  2 2
 2 2
10. We have,
 1  1
L.H.S. = tan  + cos−1  + tan  − cos−1 
a a
4 2 b 4 2 b
a a
Let cos−1 =   = cos 
b b
   
 L.H.S. = tan  +  + tan  − 
 4 2  4 2
 
1 + tan 1 − tan
= 2+ 2
 
1 − tan 1 + tan
2 2
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    
1 + tan 2 + 1 + tan 2  1 + tan 2 
= 2 2 =2 2
 
2  1 − tan  
1 − tan 2
2  2
2 2 2 2b
= = = = = R.H.S.
   cos  a / b a
cos  2. 
 2
OR

Let cos−1 x =   x = cos 

 2 
Now, cos−1 x + cos−1  x + 3 − 3x 
2 2 
 
1 3 
=  + cos −1  , cos  + 1 − cos 2  
2 2 
   

m
=  + cos −1 cos .cos  + sin .sin 
 3 3 

co
  
=  + cos−1 cos  −   
  3 
 

.
= + − = [ 1/ 2  x  1
3 3
hs
cos−  / 3  cos   cos 0
at
 − / 3    0
 /3  0
m

  [0,  / 3] ]
aj
aj
itb
am

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