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This document contains 10 multi-part mathematics questions involving trigonometric functions, triangle properties, coordinate geometry, and other concepts. The questions provide relationships between variables and geometric objects and ask to determine values based on those relationships.

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Brain Teasers 1.pmd PDF

This document contains 10 multi-part mathematics questions involving trigonometric functions, triangle properties, coordinate geometry, and other concepts. The questions provide relationships between variables and geometric objects and ask to determine values based on those relationships.

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Q.1 Let x  cos   sin 2  cos 3  sin 4  cos 5  sin 6  cos 7  ........
2 4 8 16 32 64 128
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
and y  1  sin   cos 2  sin 3  cos 4  sin 5  cos 6  sin 7  ........ ,
2 4 8 16 32 64 128
  x
where    0,  , then is equal to
 2 y
cos  sin  sin  cos 
(A) (B) (C) (D*)
2  sin  2  cos  2  cos  2  sin 
Q.2 Let ABC be an acute angled triangle such that xn  2 n 3  cos n A  cos n B  cos n C   cos A cos B cos C .
which of the following alternative(s) is/are correct
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(A) x1  x3 can take the value (B) least value of x1  x2  x3 is 2
9
3 4
(C*) x2 is greater than (D*) x1  x2  x3 can’t take the value
8 3
n
Q.3 If k sin(   )  cos(   ) where     (n is integer), then find the value of
2

 2 2 
  k sin 2  1  k sin 2  1  Ans: 3
k 2  

Q.4 Let sin 2 x1  sin 2 x2  sin 2 x3  ......  sin 2 xn  1 ,where x1 , x2 , x3 ..... are acute angles and f ( n) be

the least value of  satisfying  cos x1  cos x2  ....  cos xn     sin x1  sin x2  ....  sin xn  . Find

 101 1 
the value of    f (n)   . ([ . ] denotes greatest integer function)
 n 3 
Ans: 17
 5 5 
Q.5 If a sec  c cot  d , b cos ec  d tan  c, ( a, b, c, d  0) ,
7 14 14 7
2k
3  sin
a2  b2  c 2  d 2 7

ac  bd k 1
 , then  is equal to Ans: 4
1  cos
7
Q.6 Let in a triangle ABC the interior angles A,B,C satisfy sin A sin B sin C  cos A cos B  1 , also
 2 C 
 4 sin  cos 4 A  2 sin 2 4 B  sin   sin(2   ) , where  ,  are distinct acute angles.
 2 
The value of  cot   cot(   )  .  cot   3cot(2   )  is equal to
Ans: 6

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Q.7 Let A(2, 3), B (6,3), C (6, 9) & D (2,9) be the vertices of a rectangle ABCD and P be a variable point
inside the rectangle.If R be the region in which P moves such that
d ( P, DC )  d ( P, AB)  max d ( P, BC ), d ( P, AD ) .Find the area of the region R
( d ( R , ST ) denotes the perpendicular distance of R from ST)
[Ans: 1]
Q.8 Consider the square ABCD (taken in that order) such that A(0, 0), B(a, 0), D(0, a) where a > 0.
The square ABCD surrounds three unit circles S1, S2 and S3 such that S1 touches AB and AD,
S2 touches BC and S3 touches CD. Let C1, C2 and C3 be centres of S1, S2 and S3 respectively and
2 mn
each circle passes through centre of other two circles.The value of 'a' is equal to , where
r
m,n,r are natural numbers. Find the value of m  n  r [Ans: 18]

Q.9 Let a line with negative slope m intersects the lines y  1, 2 x  y  3  0 & 3x  y  5  0 at
A,P, B respectively (P is a fixed point).If (PA.PB) is minimum ,then find the value of 3m  10  3
[Ans: 2]
Q.10 ABC in the first quadrant is such that when it is projected on x-axis , y-axis and the line y = x , the
results are the line segments whose end points are (2, 0), (6, 0) , (0,5), (0,10) and (4, 4),(7, 7)
respectively. Find the sum of x-coordinates of all the vertices of ABC in all possible positions.
Ans: 23

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