Trigonometry Problems

Trigonometry Problems
Amir Hossein Parvardi

February 16, 2011
1. Prove that:
cos
2
13
+ cos
6
13
+ cos
8
13
=
13 1
4
2. Prove that 2
_
cos
4
19
+ cos
6
19
+ cos
10
19
_
is a root of the equation:
_
4 +
_
4 +
4 x = x
3. Prove that

_1
2
+
1
2
1
2
+
1
2
_
1
2
+
1
2
cos 8 = cos
4. Prove that
sin
4
_
8
_
+ sin
4
_
3
8
_
+ sin
4
_
5
8
_
+ sin
4
_
7
8
_
=
3
2
5. Prove that
cos x cos
_
x
2
_
cos
_
x
4
_
cos
_
x
8
_
=
sin 2x
16 sin
_
x
8
_
6. Prove that
64 sin10
sin20
sin30
sin 40
sin 50
sin 60
sin 70
sin 80
sin 90
=
3
4
1
7. Find x if
sinx = tan 12
tan 48
tan 54
tan 72
8. Solve the following equations in R:

sin 9x + sin 5x + 2 sin
2
x = 1
cos 5x cos 3x sin3x sin x = cos 2x
cos 5x + cos 3x + sin 5x + sin 3x = 2 cos
_
4
4x
_
sin x + cos x sin x cos x = 1
sin 2x
3 cos 2x = 2
9. Prove following equations:
sin
_
2
7
_
+ sin
_
4
7
_
sin
_
6
7
_
= 4 sin
_
7
_
sin
_
3
7
_
sin
_
5
7
_
cos
_
13
_
+ cos
_
3
13
_
+ cos
_
5
13
_
+ cos
_
7
13
_
+ cos
_
9
13
_
+ cos
_
11
13
_
=
1
2
k N : cos
_

2k+1
_
+ cos
_
3
2k+1
_
+ + cos
_
(2k1)
2k+1
_
=
1
2
sin
_
7
_
+ sin
_
2
7
_
+ sin
_
3
7
_
=
1
4
cot
_
4
_
10. Show that
cos

n
+ cos
2
n
+ + cos
n
n
= 1.
11.Show that cos a + cos 3a + cos 5a + + cos(2n 1)a =
sin 2na
2 sin a
.
12. Show that sina + sin3a + sin 5a + + sin(2n 1)a =
sin
2
na
sin a
.
13. Calculate
(tan 1
)
2
+ (tan 2
)
2
+ (tan 3
)
2
+ . . . + (tan 89
)
2
.
14. Prove that cot
2
7
+ cot
2 2
7
+ cot
2 3
7
= 5.
15. Show that tan

7
tan
2
7
tan
3
7
=
7.
2
16. cos
_
2
7
_
, cos
_
4
7
_
and cos
_
6
7
_
are the roots of an equation of the form
ax
3
+ bx
2
+ cx + d = 0 where a, b, c, d are integers. Determine a, b, c and d.
*17. Find the value of the sum
3
_
cos
2
7
+
3
_
cos
4
7
+
3
_
cos
6
7
.
18. Solve the equation
2 sin
4
x(sin 2x 3) 2 sin
2
x(sin 2x 3) 1 = 0.
19. Express the sum of the following series in terms of sinx and cos x.
n
k=0
(2k + 1) sin
2
_
x +
k
2
_
20. Find the smallest positive integer N for which
1
sin 45
sin 46
+
1
sin47
sin 48
+ +
1
sin 133
sin134
=
1
sinN
.
21. Find the value of
sin40
+ sin 80
sin 110
.
22. Evaluate the sum
S = tan 1
tan 2
+tan 2
tan3
+ tan3
tan 4
+ +tan 2004
tan 2005
.
23. Solve the equation :
3 sin x(cos x sinx) + (2
6) cos x + 2 sin x +
3 2
2 = 0.
24. Let f(x) =
1
sin
x
7
. Prove that f(3) + f(2) = f(1).
25. Suppose that real numbers x, y, z satisfy
cos x + cos y + cos z
cos (x + y + z)
=
sin x + sin y + sin z
sin (x + y + z)
= p
3
Prove that
cos (x + y) + cos (y + z) + cos (x + z) = p.
26. Solve for , 0

2
:
sin
5
+ cos
5
= 1.
27. For x, y [0,

3
] prove that cos x + cos y 1 + cos xy.
28. Prove that among any four distinct numbers from the interval (0,

2
) there
are two, say x, y, such that:
8 cos xcos y cos(x y) + 1 > 4(cos
2
x + cos
2
y).
29. Let B =

7
. Prove that
tan B tan2B + tan2B tan 4B + tan 4B tan B = 7.
30. a) Calculate
1
cos
6
13
4 cos
4
13
4 cos
5
13
=?
b) Prove that
tan

13
+ 4 sin
4
13
= tan
3
13
+ 4 sin
3
13
c) Prove that
tan
2
13
+ 4 sin
6
13
= tan
5
13
+ 4 sin
2
13
31. Prove that if , are angles of a triangle and
_
cos
2
+ cos
2
_
(1 + tan tan ) =
2, then + = 90
.
32. Let a, b, c, d [
2
,

2
] be real numbers such that sina+sinb+sin c+sin d = 1
and cos 2a + cos 2b + cos 2c + cos 2d
10
3
. Prove that a, b, c, d [0,

6
]
33. Find all integers m, n for which we have sin
m
x + cos
n
x = 1, for all x.
34. Prove that tan 55
tan65
tan75
= tan 85
.
35. Prove that
4 cos 12
+4 cos 36
+1
3
= tan78
.
4
36. Prove that
_
4 +
_
4 +
4
_
4 +
_
4 +
4 = 2
_
cos
4
19
+ cos
6
19
+ cos
10
19
_
.
The signs: + ++ ++ ++ +
37. For reals x, y Prove that cos x + cos y + sin xsin y 2.
38. Solve the equation in real numbers
_
7 + 2
_
7 2
7 2x = x.
39. Let A, B, C be three angles of triangle ABC. Prove that
(1 cos A)(1 cos B)(1 cos C) cos Acos B cos C.
40. Solve the equation
sin
3
(x) cos
3
(x) = sin
2
(x) .
41. Find S
n
=
n
k=1
sin
2
k for n 1
42. Prove the following without using induction:
cos x + cos 2x + + cos nx =
cos
n+1
2
x sin
n
2
x
sin
x
2
.
43. Evaluate:
sin +
1
2
sin2 +
1
2
2
sin 3 +
1
2
3
sin 4 +
44. Compute
n1
k=1
csc
2
_
k
n
_
.
45. Prove that
tan +tan
_
+

n
_
+tan
_
+
2
n
_
+ +tan
_
+
(n1)
n
_
= ncot
_
n +
n
2
_
.
5
cot + cot
_
+

n
_
+ cot
_
+
2
n
_
+ + cot
_
+
(n1)
n
_
= ncot n.
46. Calculate
n=1
2
2n
sin
4
a
2
n
.
47. Compute the following sum:
tan1
+ tan 5
+ tan 9
+ + tan177
.
48. Show that for any positive integer n > 1,
n1
k=0
cos
2k
2
n
=
n
2
(1 + cos
n
2
+ sin
n
2
)
n1
k=0
sin
2k
2
n
=
n
2
(1 + cos
n
2
sin
n
2
)
49. Evaluate the product
n
k=1
tan
k
2(n + 1)
.
50. Prove that,
n
k=1
(1)
k1
cot
(2k 1)
4n
= n for even n.
51. Prove that
n
k=1
cot
2
_
(2k 1)
2n
_
= n(2n 1).
52. Prove that
n
k=1
cot
4
_
k
2n + 1
_
=
n(2n 1)(4n
2
+ 10n 9)
45
.
53. Let x be a real number with 0 < x < . Prove that, for all natural numbers
n, the sum sin x +
sin 3x
3
+
sin 5x
5
+ +
sin(2n1)x
2n1
is positive.
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