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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 1
Basic Definitions, Measurement of angle, ASTC Theory

LEVEL-1

1. Prove the following :

(i) cos4A – sin4A + 1 = 2 cos2 A.
(ii) cos6A + sin6A + 3 sin2 A cos2 A = 1
2. Prove the following :

(i) sec 2 A  cos ec 2 A = | tan A + cot A | .

tan A  sec A  1 1 sin A

(ii) = .
tan A  sec A  1 cos A

3. If sin x + sin2x = 1, then find the value of cos12x + 3 cos10x + 3 cos8 x + cos6 x – 1.
4. Prove the following :
(i) sec2 A cosec2A = tan2A + cot2A + 2

 1 1  1  sin2  cos 2 
(ii)  2 2
 2 2
 cos2 sin2 = .
 sec   cos  cos ec   sin   2  sin 2  cos 2 

5. Prove that
(tan  + cosec )2 – (cot  – sec )2 = 2 tan  cot  (cosec  + sec )

6. A circle centred at 'O' has radius 1 and contains the point A. Segment AB is tangent to the circle at A and
AOB = . If point C lies on OA and BC bisects the angle ABO then OC equals
(One or more option may correct)

cos 2 
(A) sec (sec – tan ) (B)
1  sin 
1 1  sin 
(C) (D)
1  sin  cos2 
7. Let n denotes the interior angles (in degree) of a regular polygon of side n, then which of the following
is(are) correct? (One or more option may correct)
 
(A) The value of tan( 16 ) – cot( 16 ) is equal to 2 2 .

(B) The value of cosec( 24 ) is equal to 6  2. (C) The value of cot( 8 ) – sec( 6 ) is equal to
–1.
5
(D) The value of cos( 5 ) + cos( 10

) is equal to .
2
8. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct ? (One or more option may correct)
(A) If A = 130° and S = sin A + cos A, then S > 0.
(B) If cosec2 30° + k(cos 36° – sin 18°) = 5, then k equals 2.
(C) The minimum value of 27 tan2  + 3 cot2  is 18.
(D) If a, b are constant real numbers such that a2  b, then x2 + 2ax + b is always positive  x  R.

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9. Which value of  listed below leads to

2sin  > 1 and 3cos  < 1?
(A) 70° (B) 140° (C) 210° (D) 280°
10. In the inequality below the value of the angle is expressed in radian measure. Which one of the inequalities
below is true?
(A) sin 1 < sin 2 < sin 3 (B) sin 3 < sin 2 < sin 1
(C) sin 2 < sin 1 < sin 3 (D) sin 3 < sin 1 < sin 2

LEVEL-2

FG  (a  x)IJ = 0 then, which of the following holds good?

1. Given a2 + 2a + cosec2 H2 K
x x
(A) a = 1 ; I (B) a = –1 ; I
2 2
(C) a  R ; x  (D) a , x are finite but not possible to find
2. For each natural number k , let Ck denotes the circle with radius k centimeters and centre at the origin. On
the circle Ck , a particle moves k centimeters in the counter- clockwise direction. After completing its
motion on Ck , the particle moves to Ck+1 in the radial direction. The motion of the particle continues in this
manner .The particle starts at (1, 0).If the particle crosses the positive direction of the x- axis for the first
time on the circle Cn then n equal to
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
3. Let f() = 2 cos – cos2 ,    R then which one of the following relation is true?
1
(A) – 2  f()  1 (B)  f()  1 (C) – 3  f()  1 (D) – 3  f()  0
4
4. If a and b are real number such that a2 + ab < 0, then the expression

  a 2  ab  a 2  ab 
 
1  cos x2
cos x2 
   simplifies to
2  a 2  ab  a    a 2  ab  tan x  a    a 2  ab  tan x 
     
 

1 1
(A) 2 (B)
a  b cos x a  b sin 2 x
1
(C) (D) some constant independent of x.
a  b sec 2 x
(One or more option may correct)

sin 4 x cos 4 x 1
5. If + = , then which of the following is/are TRUE?
5 4 9
4 4
(A) cot2x = (B) tan2x =
5 5
64 125 125 64
(C) 6 + 6 = 1458 (D) 6 + = 1458
cos x sin x cos x sin 6 x

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Q.6 to 10 are "Subjective" type questions. (The answer to each of the questions is a single digit)
6. Find the exact value of cosec10° + cosec50° – cosec70°.
7. If sin x + sin2x + sin3x = 1, then find the value of log
sec

cos x  4cos x  8cos x .
6 4 2

3
 a sin 4 x 
   5 sin 3 x 5 sin x 
8. Let f(x) =  2 sin 2 x  ·  a
 a  
·a  and b 
  5 2 log 5 3
(a > 0, a  1).

cos ec 2 x

If the minimum value of f (x ) ·a b   log a sin x is equal to a2k, k  N, find k.

ANSWER - SHEET - 1

LEVEL - 1
3. 0
6. A, C, D
7. B, C, D
8. A, B, C, D
9. B
10. D
LEVEL - 2

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A, C
6. 6
7. 2
8. 5

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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 2
Compound Angles, Allied angles
LEVEL - 1
1. Evaluate:-
(i) cot A + tan (180° + A) + tan (90° + A) + tan (360° – A)
(ii) sec (270° – A) sec (90° – A) – tan (270° – A) tan (90° + A) + 1
2. Evaluate:-
(i) sin 420° cos 390° + cos (– 300°) sin (– 330°)
(ii) tan 225° cot 405° + tan 765° cot 675°
3. Find the value of
 3 7 9
(i) tan + tan + tan + tan
10 10 10 10
3 4 6 7
(ii) sin + sin + sin + sin
5 5 5 5

4. Evaluate:-
cos(360  A ) cot(90  A ) sin(90  A )
(i)  
sin(270   A ) tan(180  A ) sin(90  A )
 3 5
(ii) cot . cot . cot
12 12 12

5. Evaluate:-
2 5 3
(i) cos2 + sin2 – cot2
3 6 4
3 5 2
(ii) sin2 + sec2 + tan2
4 3 3
6. If the expression, 2 cos10° + sin 100° + sin 1000° + sin 10000°
is simplified, then it simplifies to
(A) cos 10° (B) 3 cos 10° (C) 4 cos 10° (D) 5 cos 10°
7. The value of log2 [cos2 ( + ) + cos2 ()  cos 2 . cos 2] :
(A) depends on  and  both (B) depends on  but not on 
(C) depends on  but not on  (D) independent of both  and  .
8. If cos ( + ) = m cos (), then tan  is equal to
 1  m  1  m  1  m  1  m
(A)   tan  (B)   tan  (C)   cot  (D)   cot 
 1  m  1  m  1  m  1  m

9. , ,  and  are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their sines equal
to the positive quantity k . The value of
   
4 sin + 3 sin + 2 sin + sin is equal to :
2 2 2 2
(A) 2 1  k (B) 2 1  k (C) 2 k (D) 2 k

10. The expression S = sec 11° sec 19° – 2 cot 71° reduces to
1
(A) 2 cot 11° (B) tan 19° (C) 2 tan 11° (D) tan 19°
2
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LEVEL-2

3 
Q.1 If tan 9q = (where 0 < q < ) then the value of (3 cosec 3q – 4 sec 3q) is equal to
4 18
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 10
Q.2 If A, B, C are interior angles of triangle ABC such that
(cos A + cos B + cos C)2 + (sin A + sin B + sin C)2 = 9 then number of possible triangles is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) infinite
Q.3 Let cos 5x cos 3x – sin 3x sin x = cos 2x, then which of the following can hold good?
(One or more options may be correct)
1
(A) cos2x = (B) sin42x + cos42x = 1
2
(C) sin 6x = 0 (D) tan2x = 1
Q.4 Two parallel chords are drawn on the same side of the centre of a circle of radius R . It is found that they
subtend an angle of  and 2  at the centre of the circle . The perpendicular distance between the chords
is (One or more options may be correct)
3     
(A) 2 R sin sin (B) 1  cos  1  2 cos  R
2 2  2  2

    3 
(C) 1  cos  1  2 cos  R (D) 2 R sin sin
  2  2 4 4
Q.5 The value of the expression cot 2 cot 3 – cot 3 cot 5 – cot 5 cot 2 is equal to
(One or more options may be correct)
 
(A) sec(2010) (B) cos  2012  (C) tan  2001  (D) cosec(810°)
 4  4
1
Q.6 If cos x cos 2x cos 3x – sin x sin 2x sin 3x = then which of the following can hold good?
2
(One or more options may be correct)
(A) sin 2x – cos 4x = 0 (B) sin 4x – cos 2x = 0
(C) sin 2x + cos 2x = 0 (D) sin 2x – cos 2x = 0

(Q.7 - 10 are "Subjective" type questions. (The answer to each of the questions is a natural number)

2  2 3 4 5 p
Q.7 If the expression cos  cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  cos 2 has the value equal to in their
11 11 11 11 11 q
lowest form, then find (p + q).
cos 42  sin 42
Q.8 If = (tan  + sec ) where 0 <  < 90°, then find the value of  in degree.
cos 42  sin 42

Q.9 Given positive angles (in degree) A, B and C with A + B + C = 90°.

Find the value of x if 100 tan A = 200 tan B = 300 tan C = x.
Q.10 If cos A + cos B + cos C = 0 = sin A + sin B + sin C,
p
then the value of cos (A – B)  cos (B – C)  cos (C – A) can be expressed in the form of ,
q
find (p + q), given p and q are coprime.

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ANSWER - SHEET - 2

LEVEL - 1
1. (i) 0 (ii) 0
2. (i) 1 (ii) 0
3. (i) 0 (ii) 0
4. (i) 1 (ii) 1
1 15
5. (i) – (ii)
2 2
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. C

LEVEL - 2
1. D
2. D
3. A, B, C, D
4. B, D
5. A, C, D
6. A, B, C
7. 13
8. 84
9. 100
10. 5

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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 3
Half angles & Multiple angles
LEVEL - 1

1. Prove that tan A + cot A = 2 cosec 2 A

1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) A B

2. Prove that = tan cot
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 2

3
3. Prove that sin 20º sin 40º sin 60º sin 80º 
16

sin  sin 3  sin 9  1

4. Prove that cos 3   cos 9   cos 27   2 (tan 27   tan )

3 A 5A
5. If cos A = then find the value of sin sin .
4 2 2
4  sec 20
6. Compute the square of the value of the expression .
cosec 20

cos 5A sin 5A
7. If   a + b cos 4A, then find the value of (a + b).
cos A sin A

8. If x + y = 3 – cos4 and x – y = 4 sin2 then

(A) x4 + y4 = 9 (B) x  y 16
(C) x3 + y3 = 2(x2 + y2) (D) x  y 2

9. The value of x satisfying the equation, x = 2  2  2  x is

(A) 2 cos 10° (B) 2 cos 20° (C) 2 cos 40° (D) 2 cos 80°

10. The value of cot x + cot (60º + x) + cot (120º + x) is equal to :

3  9 tan 2 x
(A) cot 3x (B) tan 3x (C) 3 tan 3x (D)
3 tan x  tan 3 x

LEVEL-2

1 1 1 1 1 1 
1. The value of the expression y =    cos 8 when  = simplifies to
2 2 2 2 2 2 12
(One or more options may be correct)
(A) a pure surd (B) a compound surd (C) a rational number (D) an irrational number
2. If x = sec  tan  and y = cosec + cot  then (One or more options may correct)
y 1 1 x y 1
(A) x = (B) y = (C) x = (D) xy + x  y + 1 = 0
y 1 1 x y 1

3. If cos x + cos y = a, cos 2x + cos 2y = b, cos3x + cos3y = c, then

(One or more options may be correct)

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b a2  b  2 
(A) cos2x + cos2y =
1+ (B) cos x · cos y = – 
2 2  4 
(C) 2a3 + c = 3a (1 + b) (D) a + b + c = 3 abc
4. Which of the following statements are always correct? (where Q denotes the set of rationals)
(One or more options may be correct)
(A) cos 2 Q and sin 2  Q  tan   Q (if defined)
(B) tan  Q  sin 2, cos 2 and tan 2  Q (if defined)
(C) if sin   Q and cos  Q  tan 3  Q (if defined)
(D) if sin   Q  cos 3  Q
5. Find the exact value of the expression
sin 40 sin 80 sin 20
T=   .
sin 80 sin 20 sin 40
6.  and  are the positive acute angles and satisfying simultaneously the equation
5 sin 2 = 3 sin 2 and tan  = 3 tan ,
find the value of tan  + tan .
2
  2
 2  1  sin
l n ex 7
7. Find the number of solutions of the equation   
2
.
  e     
 ln  2    sin  cos 
 x   7 7

8. The set of values of ‘a’ for which the equation, cos 2x + a sin x = 2a  7 possess a solution is
(A) (, 2) (B) [2, 6] (C) (6, ) (D) ()

9. One side of a rectangular piece of paper is 6 cm, the adjacent sides being longer
than 6 cms. One corner of the paper is folded so that it sets on the opposite longer
side. If the length of the crease is l cms and it makes an angle  with the long side
as shown, then l is
3 6
(A) (B)
sin  cos2  2
sin cos 
3 3
(C) (D)
sin  cos  sin 3 

sin k x  cos k x
10. Let fk(x) = then f4(x) – f6(x) is equal to
k
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
(A)  cos 2 2x (B)  sin 2 x (C)  cos2 x (D)
4 6 12 4 3 4 12

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ANSWER - SHEET - 3
LEVEL - 1

1  tan 2 A  1  tan 2 A  2
1. L.H.S. tan A + cot A = = 2  2 tan A  = = 2 cosec 2 A
tan A   sin 2A

A A A 
2 sin 2 2 sin sin  B 
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 2 2 
2. L.H.S. =
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 A A A 
2 cos  2 cos cos  B 
2 2  2 

 A A   A B B 
 sin  sin  B    2 sin cos  
A 2 2  A  2  2  A B
= tan  = tan = tan cot
2  A A  2  A  B B  2 2
 cos 2  cos 2  B    2 sin 2 sin 2  
     
1
3. We know that sin  (60º  ) sin (60º  )  sin 3 
4

1 3
Let   20 º  sin 20 º sin 40º sin 80º sin 60º  sin 2 60 º 
4 16

sin  1 2 sin  · cos  1 sin 2

4. Here, cos 3   2 · cos 3  · cos   2 cos 3  · cos 

1 sin (3  ) 1
  (tan 3  tan )
2 cos 3 cos  2

sin 3  1 sin 9 1
Similarly cos 9   2 (tan 9  tan 3) and cos 27   2 (tan 27  tan 9)

1
 Required sum = (tan 27  tan )
2

11
5.
32
6. 3
7. 6
8. D
9. C
10. D
LEVEL - 2
1. B, D
2. B, C, D
3. A, B, C
4. A, B, C
5. 3
6. 4
7. 2
8. B
9. A
10. D

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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 4
(Maximum & minimum of Trigonometric expressions)
LEVEL - 1

1. Find maximum and minimum values of following f(x) = 10cos2x – 6sinx cosx + 2sin2x .

 
2. Find maximum and minimum values of following f(x) = cos x + 3 2 sin  x   + 6 .
 4
3. The minimum value of the function f (x) = (3sin x – 4 cos x – 10)(3 sin x + 4 cos x – 10), is
4. If x, y  R and satisfy the equation xy(x2 – y2) = x2 + y2 where x  0 then find the minimum possible value
of x2 + y2 .

5. Find the maximum value of ( 7 cos + 24 sin) × ( 7 sin – 24 cos) for every   R .

1  cos 2x  8 sin 2 x
6. Let f (x) = , x  (0, /2). Find the minimum value of f (x).
sin 2x
7. If L denotes the least value of the expression y = 9 sec2x + 16 cosec2x and M denotes the maximum value
of the expression y = sin2x + 8 cos x – 7, find the value of (L + M).
8. Find the minimum value of 8cos2x + 18sec2x  x  R wherever it is defined .
9. Find maximum and minimum values of following f(x) = 1 + 2sinx + 3cos2 x

10. If sin 1 – sin 2 = a and cos 1 + cos 2 = b, then find minimum and maximum values of (a2 + b2) .
LEVEL - 2

1
1
1. Show that 2sinx + 2cosx  2 2 for all real x.

sin x cos x tan x cot x

2. Find the minimum value of the function f (x) = + + +
1  cos 2 x 1  sin 2 x sec 2 x  1 cosec2 x  1
as x varies over all numbers in the largest possible domain of f (x) .
x2
3. For every x  R , if the value of the expression y = + x cos x + cos 2x is never less than k, find k .
8

A B
 cot2 2 . cot 2 2
4. In  ABC, find the minimum value of .
A
 cot 2 2

5. Find the minimum vertical distance between the graphs of y = 2 + sin x and y = cos x .
9 x 2 sin 2 x  4
6. Find the minimum value of the expression for x  (0, ) .
x sin x
 
7. Find the maximum value of f (x) if f (x + ) = 12 sin 3 x + 5 cos  3x   + 3 .
 2

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8. If x, y, z be all positive acute angles then find the least value of

tanx (cot y + cot z) + tany (cot z + cot x) + tanz (cot x + cot y)

9. Let a, b, c, d be real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 10, then the minimum value of
a2 cot 9° + b2 cot 27° + c2 cot 63° + d2 cot 81° is n (n  N). Find n.
10. Which of the following functions have the maximum value as unity ?
sin 2x  cos 2x
(A) sin2 x  cos2 x (B)
2

sin 2x  cos 2x 6  1 1 
(C)  (D)  sin x  cos x
2 5  2 3 

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ANSWER - SHEET - 4
LEVEL - 1
1. maximum = 11, minimum = 1
2. maximum = 11, minimum = 1
3. 49
4. 4
625
5.
2
6. 4
7. 50
8. 26

9. 1 + 2sinx + 3cos2x = – 3sin 2x + 2sinx + 4

2
 2 2 sin x   1 13
= – 3  sin x   + 4 = – 3  sin x   +
 3   3 3

2 2
 1 16 16  1
Now 0   sin x    –  – 3  sin x    0
 3 9 3  3

2
 1 13 13
– 1  – 3  sin x   + 
 3 3 3

10. sin 1 – sin 2 = a, cos 1 + cos 2 = b

 a2 + b2 = 2 + 2 cos (1 + 2)  0  a2 + b2  4
LEVEL - 2

1. Clearly, 2sin x and 2cos x are positive, so their A.M.  G.M.

2 sin x  2cos x

2
 2 sin x.2cos x = 2 sin x  cos x

But sin x + cos x  – 2  x  R

 2sin x + cos x  22  2 sin x  cos x  2  2/ 2

 2 1/ 2

2 sin x  2cos x
  2 sin x  cos x  2 1/ 2
2

 2sin x + 2cos x  2. 2 1/ 2

1
1
 2 2  x R .
2. –2
3. –1
4. 1
5. 2– 2
6. 12
7. 10
8. 6
9. 125
10. A, B, C, D

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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 5
(Continued Product of Cosines & Conditional Identies)
LEVEL - 1

1
Q.1. Prove that : cos  cos (60° + ) . cos (60° – ) = cos 3
4
 3 5
Q.2. Prove that :cot . cot . cot =1
12 12 12
1
Q.3. Prove that sin A sin (60° + A) sin (60° – A) = sin 3A and hence deduce that
4
 2 3 4 3
sin sin sin sin = .
9 9 9 9 16

sin( A  B) sin( A  B)
Q.4. Prove that :  cos 2 A cos 2 B
=0

Q.5. Find the summation of the following

2 4 6
(i) cos + cos + cos
7 7 7

 2 3 4 5 6
(ii) cos + cos + cos + cos + cos + cos
7 7 7 7 7 7
Q.6 Prove that (1 + sec 2) (1 + sec 4) ........... (1 + sec 2n ) = tan 2n . cot .

Q.7 In a triangle ABC, 3 sin A + 4 cos B = 6 and 3 cos A + 4 sin B = 1 then C can be
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 150°

 C C A B
Q.8 If A + B + C =  and sin  A   = k sin , then tan tan =
 2 2 2 2

k1 k1 k k 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
k1 k1 k1 k

FG  IJ FG1  cos 3 IJ FG1 cos 5 IJ FG1 cos 7 IJ is

Q.9 H
The value of 1  cos
9 KH 9K H 9KH 9K
9 10 12 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 16 16

Q.10 Let A, B, C be three angles such that A + B + C = . If tan A · tan B = cosec , then the value of
6
cos A cos B
is equal to
cos C
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D)
2 3 2
LEVEL-2

Q.1 If A, B, C and D denotes the interior angles of a quadrilateral then

 tan A  tan A
(A)
 cot A
 (B)  tan A   tan A   cot A 
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(C)  cot A   tan A   tan A (D)  tan A   tan A   cot A

15 17
Q.2 Let ,  and  are some angles in the 1st quadrant satisfying tan( + ) = and cosec  = then
8 8
which of the following holds good?
(A)  +  +  = 
(B) cot  · cot  · cot  = cot  + cot  + cot 
(C) tan  + tan  + tan  = tan  · tan  · tan 
(D) tan  · tan  + tan  · tan  + tan  · tan  = 1

9 8
k k
Q.3 Let S =  sin 18 and C =  cos 18
k 1 k 1
then which of the following relations is(are) correct?
3 1 1
(A) S – C = 0 (B) S + C = (C) S > C (D) <
128 S C
5 4
  
Q.4 Let S =  cos(2r  1) 11
and P =  cos 2r 15  , then
r 1 r 1
(A) logS P = – 4 (B) P = 3S (C) cosec S < cosec P (D) tan–1P < tan–1S
  
Q.5 If  +  +  =  and  tan   = 1, then find sin  +  sin .
4 
5 6 7
Q.6 Let ,  and  be three real numbers which are respectively equal to , and .
18 18 18
Find the value of sin2 + sin2 + sin2 – 2 cos  cos  cos .

90 180 360 720

Q.7 Find the value of 32 sin cos cos cos .
17 17 17 17
2 1
Q.8 Let the product of the sines of the angles of a triangle be and the product of their cosines be .
3 9
If tan A, tan B and tan C are the roots of the cubic, find the sum of the products of the roots taken
two at a time.
5 5
r r
Q.9 Let x1 =  cos 11
and x2 =  cos 11 , then show that
r 1 r 1

1   
x1 · x2 =  cos ec  1 , where  denotes the continued product.
64  22 
Q.10 In any triangle ABC, prove that
sin3 A cos (B – C) + sin3B cos (C – A) + sin3C cos (A – B) = 3 sin A sin B sin C

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LEVEL-1

1
5. (i) – (ii) 0
2
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. C
LEVEL-2
1. B
2. B, D
3. A, B
4. C, D
5. 0
6. 2
7. 2
8. 11

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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 6
(Higher Level & Mixed Problems)
LEVEL - 1

Q.1 Find the average of the numbers

n sin n° for n = 2, 4, 6, ...... 180 .

        
Q.2 Let F(k) = 1  sin  1  sin (k  1)  1  sin (2k  1)  1  sin (3k  1) 
 2k   2k   2k   2k 
Then find the value of F(1) + F(2) + F(3) .

n
sin( 3r )
Q.3 If P = (tan (3n +1) – tan ) and Q =  , then find P in terms of Q .
r0 cos(3r 1 )
n
1
Q.4 Let fn() =  4n sin 4 (2n ) . Then which of the following alternative(s) is/are correct ?
n0

(One or more options may be correct.)

 1  2 2
(A) f2   = (B) f3   =
4 2 8 4
 3 
(C) f4   = 1 (D) f5() = 0
 2 
 2 4 8
Q.5 The value of the expression tan + 2tan + 4tan + 8cot is equal to
7 7 7 7
(One or more options may be correct.)
2 2  
(A) cosec + cot (B) tan – cot
7 7 14 14

2  2
sin 1  cos  cos
7 7 7
(C) (D)
2  2
1  cos sin  sin
7 7 7
Q.6 In a right angled triangle the hypotenuse is 2 2 times the perpendicular drawn from the opposite vertex.
Then find the other acute angles of the triangle .
10 10 10 10
Q.7 The value of cot 7 + tan 67 – cot 67 – tan7 is :
2 2 2 2
(A) a rational number (B) an irrational number
(C) 2(3 + 2 3 ) (D) 2 (3 – 3 )
A B
 cot2 2 . cot 2 2
Q.8 In  ABC, find the minimum value of .
A 2
 cot 2

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Q.9 If m and n are positive integers satisfying

cos m ·sin n
1 + cos 2 + cos 4 + cos 6 + cos 8 + cos 10 =
sin 
then find (m + n) .
44
 cos n
n 1
Q.10 Let x = 44 find the greatest integer that does not exceed 10 x.
 sin n
n 1

LEVEL-2

 2 3
Q.1 Let E = cos2+ cos2 + cos2 . Then which of the following alternative(s) is/are incorrect?
7 7 7
(One or more options may correct.)
1 3 3 3 3 7
(A) <E< (B) < E < 1 (C) 1 < E < (D) <E<
2 4 4 2 2 4

sin 2  sin 6  cos 2  cos 6

Q.2 Let L denotes the value of the expression, , when  = 27°
sin 4  cos 4
tan x tan 2 x
and M denotes the value of when x = 9°
tan 2x  tan x
and N denotes the numerical value of the expression (wherever defined)
1  cos 4 1  cos 4
 when it is simplified.
sec 2  1 cosec2 2  1
2

Find the value of the product (LMN).

1 89
Q.3 Let f() =
1  (cot ) x
, then S =  f () . Find [S].
1
[Note : [S] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to S.]

   cos 3A   cos 6A   cos 9A   cos12A 

Q.4 For A   0,  , if 1    1    1    1   = 0,
 4  cos A   cos 2A   cos 3A   cos 4A 
then find the value of (cosec A – sec 2A).

  1 1
Q.5 Let x be a real number in the interval  0,  such that + 2 cot 2x = .
 2 sin x · cos x 2

1
Find value of the expression – 2 cot 2x.
sin x · cos x

sin( x ) x  2  log(9  x ) 
Q.6 Find the sum of all integral values of x satisfying the equation =0.
( x 2  6 x  5)

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cot 2 x  tan 2 x  
Q.7 Let L be the least value of the expression if x   0, 
 5   8
1  sin   8x 
 2 

4(cos3 10  sin 3 20)

and M denotes the value of . Find the value of (L + M).
(cos10  sin 20)
Q.8 Find the value of

cos 96x · sin 32 x + cos 48x · sin 16x + cos 24x · sin 8x + cos 12x · sin 4x + cos 6x · sin 2x at x = .
12

11
r
Q.9 Find the sum  sin 4 24 .
r 1

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LEVEL-1
1. cot 1°
7
2.
16
3. P = 2Q
4. C, D
5. A, C, D
 3
6. and
8 8
7. B
8. 1
9. 11
10. 24
LEVEL-2
1. A, B, D
2. 1
3. 44
4. 2
5. 4
6. 30
7. 5
8. 0
9. 4

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