EXERCISE–I

Q.1 Prove that cos² + cos² (+ )  2cos  cos  cos (+ ) = sin²
Q.2 Prove that cos 2 = 2 sin² + 4cos (+ ) sin  sin  + cos 2(+ )
Q.3 Prove that , tan  + 2 tan 2 + 4 tan 4 + 8 cot 8  = cot  .
Q.4 Prove that : (a) tan 20° . tan 40° . tan 60° . tan 80° = 3
 3 5 7 3
(b) tan 9°  tan 27°  tan 63° + tan 81° = 4 . (c) sin
4
 sin 4  sin 4  sin 4 
16 16 16 16 2
Q.5 Calculate without using trigonometric tables :
2 cos 40  cos20
(a) cosec 10°  3 sec 10° (b) 4 cos 20°  3 cot 20° (c)
sin 20
 sec5 cos40   3 5 7
(d) 2 2 sin10  2sin35 (e) cos6 + cos6 + cos6 + cos6
 2 sin5  16 16 16 16
(f) tan 10°  tan 50° + tan 70°

 7     3   7     3 
Q.6(a) If X = sin     + sin     + sin     , Y = cos     + cos     + cos    
 12   12   12   12   12   12 
X Y
then prove that  = 2 tan2.
Y X
(b) Prove that sin²12° + sin² 21° + sin² 39° + sin² 48° = 1+ sin² 9° + sin² 18° .
Q.7 Show that : (a) cot 7
1
2
1
or tan 82 = 3  2
2
  
2 1 or 2  3 4  6
1
(b) tan 142 = 2 + 2  3  6 .
2
mn
Q.8 If m tan (- 30°) = n tan (+ 120°), show that cos 2 = .
2( m n )

 y  x sin y 3  sin 2 x
Q.9 If tan    = tan3    , prove that = .
4 2 4 2 sin x 1  3 sin 2 x
4 5 
Q.10 If cos (+ ) = ; sin (- ) = & ,  lie between 0 & , then find the value of tan 2.
5 13 4
tan
sin 1
  m  n  then tan 1 tan tan .
n
Q.11 Prove that if the angles & satisfy the relation
sin2  m m n m n
Q.12 (a) If y = 10 cos²x  6 sin x cos x + 2 sin²x , then find the greatest & least value of y .
(b) If y = 1 + 2 sin x + 3 cos2 x , find the maximum & minimum values of y  x  R .
(c) If y = 9 sec2x + 16 cosec2x, find the minimum value of y  x  R.
 
(d) Prove that 3 cos     + 5 cos  + 3 lies from - 4 & 10 .
  3

 
(e) Prove that 2 3  4 sin  + 4 cos  lies between  2 2 5 & 2 2 5 .    
 tan A 
Q.13 If A + B + C = , prove that    =  (tan A)  2  (cot A).
 tan B.tanC 
Q.14 If  +  = c where ,  > 0 each lying between 0 and /2 and c is a constant, find the maximum or
minimum value of
(a) sin  + sin  (b) sin  sin 
(c) tan  + tan  (d) cosec  + cosec 

Q.15 Let A1 , A2 , ...... , An be the vertices of an n-sided regular polygon such that ;
1 1 1
  . Find the value of n.
A1 A 2 A1 A 3 A1 A 4

Q.16 Prove that : cosec  + cosec 2  + cosec 22 + ...... + cosec 2 n  1  = cot (/2)  cot 2 n - 1

Q.17 For all values of ,  , prove that;

     
cos + cos + cos+ cos (+  + ) = 4 cos .cos . cos .
2 2 2
1  sin A cos B 2 sin A  2 sin B
Q.18 Show that   .
cos A 1  sin B sin(A  B)  cos A  cos B
tan   tan  sin 2   sin 2 
Q.19 If tan  = , prove that sin 2 = .
1  tan  . tan  1  sin 2  . sin 2 

Q.20 If + = , prove that cos²+ cos² + cos² = 1 + 2 cos  cos cos  .

 1  tan 2 1  tan 2 1  tan 2  sin   sin   sin   1

1  tan 2  1  tan 2 1  tan 2  cos   cos   cos 
Q.21 If + +  = , show that = .
2

Q.22 If A + B + C =  and cot  = cot A + cot B + cot C, show that ,

sin (A ) . sin (B ) . sin (C ) = sin3  .
 3 5 17 
Q.23 If P = cos  cos  cos  .........  cos and
19 19 19 19
2 4 6 20
Q = cos  cos  cos  .........  cos , then find P – Q.
21 21 21 21
Q.24 If A, B, C denote the angles of a triangle ABC then prove that the triangle is right angled if and only if
sin4A + sin4B + sin4C = 0.
Q.25 Given that (1 + tan 1°)(1 + tan 2°)......(1 + tan 45°) = 2n, find n.

EXERCISE–II
Q.1 If tan  = p/q where  = 6,  being an acute angle, prove that;
1
(p cosec 2  q sec 2 ) = p 2 q 2 .
2
Q.2 Let A1 , A2 , A3 ............ An are the vertices of a regular n sided polygon inscribed in a circle of radius R.
If (A1 A2)2 + (A1 A3)2 + ......... + (A1 An)2 = 14 R2 , find the number of sides in the polygon.
cos 3  cos 3
Q.3 Prove that: = (cos + cos) cos() – (sin + sin) sin()
2 cos(  )  1
Q.4 Without using the surd value for sin 180 or cos 360 , prove that 4 sin 360 cos 180 = 5
 sin x sin3x sin9x 1
Q.5 Show that ,    (tan27x  tanx)
cos3x cos9x cos27x 2
5
r 5
r
Q.6 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 
2
Q.7 If = , prove that tan . tan 2  + tan 2 . tan 4  + tan 4 . tan  =  7.
7
 cosx
Q.8 For 0 < x < prove that , > 8.
4 sin x(cosx sin x )
2

2 7  2 3 7
Q.9 (a) If  = prove that, sin  + sin 2 + sin 4 = (b) sin . sin . sin =
7 2 7 7 7 8
88
1 cos k
Q.10 Let k = 1°, then prove that  cos nk · cos(n  1)k =
sin 2 k
n 0
3
Q.11 Prove that the value of cos A + cos B + cos C lies between 1 & where A + B + C = .
2
Q.12 If cosA = tanB, cosB = tanC and cosC = tanA , then prove that sinA = sinB = sinC = 2 sin18°.
3  cos x
Q.13 Show that  x R can not have any value between  2 2 and 2 2 . What inference
sin x
sin x
can you draw about the values of ?
3  cos x
5
Q.14 If (1 + sin t)(1 + cos t) = . Find the value of (1 – sin t)(1 – cos t).
4
sin 4  cos 4  1 sin 8  cos8  1
   3 
Q.15 Prove that from the equality
a b a b
follows the relation ;
a 3
b a b3 .
Q.16 Prove that the triangle ABC is equilateral iff , cot A + cot B + cot C = 3 .
Q.17 Prove that the average of the numbers n sin n°, n = 2, 4, 6, ......., 180, is cot 1°.
Q.18   
Prove that : 4 sin 27° = 5 5 1 / 2  3 5 1 / 2 . 
A B C
Q.19 If A+B+C = ; prove that tan2 + tan2 + tan2  1.
2 2 2
A B C 1
Q.20 If A+B+C =  (A , B , C > 0) , prove that sin . sin . sin  .
2 2 2 8
Q.21 Show that elliminating x & y from the equations , sin x + sin y = a ;
8ab
cos x + cos y = b & tan x + tan y = c gives 2 2 2
a b 4a 2 
= c.

Q.22 Determine the smallest positive value of x (in degrees) for which
tan(x + 100°) = tan(x + 50°) tan x tan (x – 50°).
x
n tan n
Q.23 Evaluate :  2
n 1 2 n 1 cos
x
n 1
2
           
Q.24 If + +  =  & tan   · tan   · tan   = 1, then prove that;
 4   4   4 
1 + cos  + cos+ cos  = 0.
Q.25  x  R, find the range of the function, f (x) = cos x (sin x + sin 2 x  sin 2  ) ;   [0, ]

EXERCISE–III
4xy
Q.1 sec2 = is true if and only if :
( x  y) 2
(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y , x  0 (C) x = y (D) x  0 , y  0
[JEE ’96, 1]
n
Q.2 (a) Let n be an odd integer. If sin n =  br sinr , for every value of , then :
r0
(A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (B) b0 = 0, b1 = n
(C) b0 =  1, b1 = n (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2  3n + 3
(b) Let A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius .
Then the product of the lengths of the line segments A0 A1, A0 A2 & A0 A4 is :
3 3 3
(A) (B) 3 3 (C) 3 (D)
4 2
(c) Which of the following number(s) is/are rational ?
(A) sin 15º (B) cos 15º (C) sin 15º cos 15º (D) sin 15º cos 75º
[ JEE '98, 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 out of 200 ]
 
Q.3 For a positive integer n, let fn () =  tan  (1+ sec ) (1+ sec 2) (1+ sec 4) .... (1 + sec2n) Then
 2
        
(A) f2   = 1 (B) f3   = 1 (C) f4   = 1 (D) f5   =1 [JEE '99,3]
16 32 64 128 
Q.4(a) Let f () = sin  (sin  + sin 3 ) . Then f () :
(A)  0 only when   0 (B)  0 for all real 
(C)  0 for all real  (D)  0 only when   0 .
[ JEE 2000 Screening. 1 out of 35 ]
A B C A B C
(b) In any triangle ABC, prove that, cot + cot + cot = cot cot cot .
2 2 2 2 2 2
[ JEE 2000 Mains, 3 out of 100 ]
Q.5(a) Find the maximum and minimum values of 27cos 2x · 81sin 2x.

(b) Find the smallest positive values of x & y satisfying, x  y = , cot x + cot y = 2. [REE 2000, 3]
4

Q.6 If  +  = and  +  =  then tan equals
2
(A) 2(tan + tan) (B) tan + tan (C) tan + 2tan (D) 2tan + tan
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1 out of 35 ]
1 1
Q.7 If  and  are acute angles satisfying sin = , cos  = , then  + 
2 3
     2   2  5   5 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 3 2 2 3   3 6   6 
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]
Q.8 In an equilateral triangle, 3 coins of radii 1 unit each are kept so that they
touch each other and also the sides of the triangle. Area of the triangle is
(A) 4 + 2 3 (B) 6 + 4 3
7 3 7 3
(C) 12 + (D) 3 +
4 4
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]
 
Q.9   0,  and t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot, t3 = (cot)tan , t4 = (cot)cot, then
 4
L e t

(A) t1 > t2 > t3 > t4 (B) t4 > t3 > t1 > t2 (C) t3 > t1 > t2 > t4 (D) t2 > t3 > t1 > t4
[JEE 2006, 3]

ANSWER SHEET
EXERCISE–I
5 56
Q 5. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) (f) 3 Q 10.
4 33
13
Q 12. (a) ymax = 11 ; ymin = 1 (b) ymax = ; ymin =  1, (c) 49
3
Q14. (a) max = 2 sin (c/2), (b) max. = sin2 (c/2), (c) min = 2 tan (c/2), (d) min = 2 cosec (c/2)
Q 15. n = 7 Q23. 1 Q.25 n = 23

EXERCISE –II
 1 1  13
Q.2 n = 7 Q.13  2 2 , 2 2  Q.14  10 Q.22 x = 30°
  4
2 1
Q 23.  Q.25 – 1  sin 2   y  1  sin 2 
sin 2x 2 n 1 sin x
2 n 1
EXERCISE–III
Q.1 B Q.2 (a) B, (b) C, (c) C Q.3 A, B, C, D Q.4 (a) C
5 
Q.5 (a) max. = 35 & min. = 3–5 ; (b) x = ;y= Q.6 C Q.7 B
12 6
Q.8 B Q.9 B