Compound Angle: Jee (Main + Advanced)
Compound Angle: Jee (Main + Advanced)
COMPOUND ANGLE
COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
CONTENT
S.No Pages
2. Exercise-2 (Section-A) 11
[Previous years JEE-Main problems]
3. Exercise-2 (Section-B) 13
[Previous years JEE-Advanced problems]
4. Answer Key 16
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
SPECIAL DPP-1
Q.1 If a = cos (2012 ), b = sec (2013 ) and c = tan (2014 ) then
(A) a < b < c (B) b < c < a (C) c < b < a (D) a = b < c
Q.2 An equilateral triangle has side length 8. The area of the region containing all points outside the triangle
but not more than 3 units from a point on the triangle is :
(A) 9(8 + ) (B) 8(9 + ) (C) 9 8 (D) 8 9
2 2
Q.3 If (sec + tan) (sec + tan) (sec + tan) = tan tan tan
then value of (sec – tan) (sec – tan) (sec – tan) equal to
(A) tan tan tan (B) cot cot cot
(C) tan + tan + tan (D) cot + cot + cot
1 2 3
Q.4 If cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 = –3, where 1, 2, 3 [0, 2] then value of sin + sin + sin is
2 2 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2
2
Q.9 The value of tan 4 cos 2 3 sec 2 cot 2 is
3 4 6 2
43 16
(A) 9 (B) (C) (D) not defined
3 3
Q.10 If is the each interior angle of a regular dodecagon then the value of
sin + cos + tan + cot + sec + cosec , is
(A) positive (B) negative and less than (– 1).
(C) zero (D) negative and less than (– 2).
SPECIAL DPP-2
Q.1 If 2 sin x = sin y and 2 cos x = 3 cos y where x, y 0, then the value of tan (x + y) is equal to
2
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 13 (D) 14
Q.3 The expression (1 tan 37 º ) (1 tan 8º ) (1 tan 15º ) (1 tan 30º ) reduces to
(1 tan 2º ) (1 tan 43º )
(A) 2 tan 45º (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6 cot 45º
Q.4 If P + Q =
7
6
, then the value of 3 tan P
3 tan Q is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 4
Q.6 If s = cos2 + cos2, then the value of cos( + ) cos( – ) in terms of 's', is
s 1
(A) s – 1 (B) (C) s2 (D) 1 – s
s
sin x sin 7 x
Q.7 The smallest positive value of x (in degrees) satisfying the equation = tan 6x, is
cos 7 x cos x
(A) 9° (B) 12° (C) 18° (D) 20°
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
Q.8 The exact value of cos257° + cos263° + cos 57° cos 63° is
1 1 3
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
4 2 4
2
x 1)
Q.9 If ln e( 2 cos = cos x, for 0 < x , then the value of x, is
5 2
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
6 6 3
ab
Q.10 If tan(2a – 3b) · tan (4b – a) = 1, where a, b 0, then the value of tan is
2 6
2 3 1 42 3 2 3 3 2 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2 3 3 4 3
SPECIAL DPP-3
A
Q.1 If tan = r, then the value of (sec A + tan A) is equal to
2
2r 2r 1 r 1 r
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2r 2r 1 r 1 r
Q.2 The value of expression
sin( )
E = 3(sin4 + cos4) – 2(sin6 + cos6) + – cos is
sin cos tan
2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –1
3 1
Q.3 If 4 sin cos – 8 sin3 cos = and 8 cos4 – 8 cos2 + 1 = , where 0, .
2 2 2
sin cos
Then the value of log is equal to
cos
2 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.4 If tan 51º – 2 tan 12º = tan xº and tan · tan(60º – ) · tan(60º + ) = tan xº, then the minimum positive
value of is equal to
(A) 9º (B) 13º (C) 17º (D) 21º
(2 cos x )1 2 A
Q.5 For 0 < x < , the solution to the equation = is x = , where B is a prime
2 19 B
3
2 cos x
number. The value of (A + B) is
(A) 9 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 4
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
Q.6 If cos4x is expressed in the form a cos(4x) + b cos(2x) + c, where a, b and c are constant then the
value of (a + b + c), is equal to
11 7
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) 2
8 4
cos 3 1 sin 3
Q.7 If = , 0<< then is equal to
cos 3 2 sin
3 2 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 5 2 3
Q.8 If cot3 + cot2 + cot = 1 then
(A) cos 2 · tan = – 1 (B) cos 2 · tan = 1
(C) cos 2 – tan 2 = 1 (D) cos 2 – tan 2 = – 1
SPECIAL DPP-4
Q.1 The expression cot 9° + cot 27° + cot 63° + cot 81° is equal to
(A) 16 (B) 64 (C) 80 (D) none of these
Q.2 The value of 4 cos 3 sec 2 tan is equal to
10 10 10
(A) 1 (B) 5 1 (C) 5 1 (D) zero
Q.4 In a triangle ABC, if 4 cosA cosB + sin2A + sin2B + sin2C = 4, then triangle ABC is
(A) right angle but not isosceles (B) isosceles but not right angled
(C) right angle isosceles (D) obtuse angled
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
cot 25º cot 55º cot 55º cot 100º cot 100º cot 25º
Q.5 The value of expression + + is equal to
tan 25º tan 55º tan 55º tan 100º tan 100º tan 25º
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q.6 If A, B, C are the angles of a right angled triangle, then (cos2A + cos2B + cos2C) equals
(A) 1 (B) 2cos2B
2
(C) 2 (cos B + cos C)2 (D) 2
Q.7 If A + B – C = 180° and sin2A + sin2B – sin2C = K sin A sin B cos C, then the value of K is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
C C A B
Q.8 If A + B + C = and sin A = 4 sin , then tan tan is equal to
2 2 2 2
1 1 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 5 3
Q.9 Column-I contains a real number R and Column-II contains another real number r such that R2 + r2 = 1.
Match the entries of column-I with their corresponding correct entries of column-II.
Column-I Column-II
3 1 10 2 5
(A) (P)
2 2 4
5 1 3
(B) (Q) cos
4 8
(C) 2 2 (R) 6 2
2 4
62 5
(D) (S) 10 2 5
4 4
(T) none
m
Q.10 The value of the product cos 12° cot 14° cot 46° cos 48° cot 48° cos 72° cot 74° sin 162° =
n
where m and n are coprime then find the value of (n – 12m).
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
SPECIAL DPP-5
1 p
Q.1 If the maximum value of the expression 2 2 2 is equal to
5 sec tan 4 cosec q
(where p and q are coprime), then the value of (p + q) is
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 18
Q.3 Let f () = sin2 + cos2 + tan2 + sec2 + cosec2 + cot2, then the minimum value of f () is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) not possible to determine
2
1 cos 2 x sin 2 x 1 cot x cot 2 x
Q.4 Let P (x) =
2 , then the minimum value of P(x) equals
1 cos 2 x sin 2 x 1 tan x tan x
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 16
Q.6 Let f (x) = 2 cosec 2x + sec x + cosec x, then the minimum value of f (x) for x 0, is
2
1 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
1 1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D)
2 2
5 3
Q.8 If M and m are the maximum and minimum value of the expression cos2x – cos x + for x ,
4 2 2
then (m + M) equals
9 13 17 15
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 4 4
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
Q.10 If the maximum and minimum value of (sin x – cos x – 1) (sin x + cos x – 1) x R is M and m then
find value of (M – 4m).
SPECIAL DPP-6
8
1
Q.1 The value of expression 1 tan 3 10
equals
0
21 14 9
(A) 5 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
1 1 1 1
Q.2 The sum ...... is equal to
sin 45 sin 46 sin 47 sin 48 sin 49 sin 50 sin 133 sin 134
(A) sec (1)° (B) cosec (1)° (C) cot (1)° (D) none
n
sin(3r )
Q.3 If P = (tan (3n +1) – tan ) and Q = cos(3r 1 )
, then
r0
Q.5 If 2 (sin 2° tan 1° + sin 4° tan 1° + ……. + sin 178° tan 1°) equal to tan 1°, then is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2cot 1° (D) 4 cot 1°
88
1
Q.6 (1)k 1 sin 2 (k 1) sin 2 1 is equal to
k 1
sin 2 cot 2
(A) tan 2° (B) cot 2° (C) (D)
cot 2 sin 2
Q.7 The sum of the series S = sin 206° + sin 208º + sin 210° + …… + sin 1234° is
1
(A) 515 (B) cosec 1° (C) 0 (D)
2
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
n
cos(4r 3)
r 1
Q.8 Let fn () = n .
sin(4r 3)
r 1
Column-I Column-II
(A) f3 is equal to (P) 2 1
40
5
(B) f5 is equal to (Q) 2 1
108
(C) f7 is equal to (R) 2 3
156
(S) 2 3
2 3
Q.10 If the sum of (n – 1) terms of the series sin + sin + sin + ........ is equal to 2 + 3 ,
n n n
then find the value of n.
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
EXERCISE-2
SECTION-A
(JEE-MAIN Previous Year's Questions)
xy
Q.1 If cos x + cos y + cos = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin = 0, then cot is [AIEEE-2002]
2
(1) sin (2) cos (3) cot (4) 2 sin
21 27
Q.3 Let be such that < – < 3. If sin + sin = and cos + cos = , then the value
65 65
of cos is
2
3 3 6 6
(1) (2) (3) (4) [AIEEE-2004]
130 130 65 65
Q.4 In a PQR, if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4sin Q + 3cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to
3 5
(1) (2) (3) (4) [AIEEE-2012]
4 4 6 6
tan A cot A
Q.5 The expression can be written as
1 cot A 1 tan A
(1) sec A cosec A + 1 (2) tan A + cot A
(3) sec A + cosec A (4) sin A cos A + 1 [JEE (Main) 2013]
1
Q.6 Let fk (x) = (sin k x cos k x ) where x R and k 1. Then f4(x) – f6(x) equals
k
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4) [JEE (Main) 2014]
12 6 3 4
Q.7 If 5 (tan2x – cos2x) = 2cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos 4x is
3 1 2 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) [JEE (Main) 2017]
5 3 9 9
Q.8 For any , , the expression 3(sin – cos )4 + 6 (sin + cos )2 + 4sin6 equals
4 2
(A) 13 – 4cos2 + 6cos4 (B) 13 – 4cos4 + 2sin2 cos2
(C) 13 – 4cos + 6sin cos
2 2 2 (D) 13 – 4cos6
[JEE (Main) 2019]
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
Q.9 The value of cos 2 · cos 3 ·. · cos 10 ·sin 10 is
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 512 256 1024
[JEE (Main) 2019]
1
Q.10 Let f k (x) (sin k x cos k x) for k = 1, 2, 3, ............. Then for all x R, the value of f4(x) – f6(x)
k
is equal to
1 1 1 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
12 4 12 12
[JEE (Main) 2019]
Q.11 The maximum value of 3 cos 5 sin for any real value of is
6
79
(1) 19 (2) 34 (3) (4) 31
2
[JEE (Main) 2019]
Q.12 If sin 4 4 cos4 2 = 4 2 sin cos ; , [0, ] , then cos( ) cos( ) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) – 1
[JEE (Main) 2019]
3 5
Q.13 If cos( ) , sin( ) and 0 , , then tan( 2 ) is equal to
5 13 4
33 63 21 63
(1) (2) (3) (4)
52 16 16 52
[JEE (Main) 2019]
Q.14 The value of cos2 10° – cos 10° cos 50° + cos2 50° is
3 3 3 3
(1) (1 + cos 20°) (2) (3) (4) + cos 20°
2 2 4 4
[JEE (Main) 2019]
Q.15 The value of sin 10 sin 30 sin 50 sin 70 is
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
18 32 36 16
[JEE (Main) 2019]
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
2 sin 1 1 cos 2 1
Q.16 If and . , 0, , then tan( + 2) is equal to ______
1 cos 2 7 2 10 2
[JEE (Main) 2020]
SECTION-B
(JEE-ADVANCED Previous Year's Questions)
Q.1 If + = and + = , then tan equals [JEE 2001]
2
(A) 2 (tan + tan ) (B) tan + tan (C) tan + 2tan (D) 2tan + tan
Q.2 The maximum value of (cos 1) · cos ( 2) · … · (cos n), under the restrictions 0 1.2.... n
2
and (cot 1) · (cot 2) · (cot 3) · … · (cot n) = 1 is
1 1 1
(A) n
(B) (C) (D) 1 [JEE 2001]
2n 2n
22
1 1
Q.3 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)]
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
Q.4 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 + [JEE 2005 (Screening)]
4 4
Q.5 Let (0, /4) and t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot, t3 = (cot)tan , t4 = (cot)cot, then
(A) t1 > t2 > t3 > t4 (B) t4 > t3 > t1 > t2 (C) t3 > t1 > t2 > t4 (D) t2 > t3 > t1 > t4
[JEE 2006, 3]
sin 4 x cos 4 x 1
Q.6 If , then
2 3 5
2 sin 8 x cos 8 x 1 1 sin 8 x cos 8 x 2
(A) tan2x = (B) + = (C) tan2x = (D) + =
3 8 27 125 3 8 27 125
[JEE 2009, 4]
6
(m 1) m
Q.7 For 0 < <
2
, the solution(s) of cosec 4
cosec
4 2 is (are)
4
m 1
5
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2009, 4]
4 6 12 12
1
Q.8 The maximum value of the expression is [JEE 2010, 3]
sin 3 sin cos 5 cos2
2
Q.9 Two parallel chords of a circle of radius 2 are at a distance 3 1 apart. If the chords subtend at the
2
center, angles of and where k > 0, then the value of [k] is
k k
[Note : [k] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to k] [JEE 2010, 3]
1 1 1
Q.10 The positive integer value of n > 3 satisfying the equation , is
2 3
sin sin sin
n n n [JEE 2011, 4]
13
1
Q.11 The value of (k 1) k
is equal to [JEE (Advanced) 2016, 3]
k 1 sin
sin
4 6 4 6
Q.13 Let a, b, c be three non-zero real numbers such that the equation 3 a cos x + 2b sin x = c,
b
x , , has two distinct real roots and with + = . Then, the value of is _______.
2 2 3 a
[JEE (Advanced) 2018, 3]
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COMPOUND ANGLE (TRIGONOMETRY PHASE-I)
EXERCISE-1
SPECIAL DPP-1
Q.1 B Q.2 A Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 A
Q.6 D Q.7 C Q.8 A Q.9 A Q.10 B
Q.11 CD
SPECIAL DPP-2
Q.1 A Q.2 C Q.3 A Q.4 D Q.5 D
Q.6 A Q.7 A Q.8 D Q.9 D Q.10 C
SPECIAL DPP-3
Q.1 C Q.2 C Q.3 B Q.4 B Q.5 D
Q.6 A Q.7 D Q.8 AC
Q.9 (A) P, Q, R; (B) P; (C) S; (D) Q Q.10 0
SPECIAL DPP-4
Q.1 C Q.2 D Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 B
Q.6 A Q.7 B Q.8 C Q.9 (A) R ; (B) S ; (C) Q ; (D) P
Q.10 4
SPECIAL DPP-5
Q.1 D Q.2 D Q.3 C Q.4 B Q.5 B
Q.6 D Q.7 D Q.8 A Q.9 ABD Q.10 6
SPECIAL DPP-6
Q.1 A Q.2 B Q.3 A Q.4 B Q.5 C
Q.6 D Q.7 C Q.8 (A) Q; (B) S; (C) R Q.9 4
Q.10 6
EXERCISE-2
SECTION-A
Q.1 3 Q.2 1 Q.3 1 Q.4 4 Q.5 1
Q.6 1 Q.7 4 Q.8 D Q.9 2 Q.10 1
Q.11 1 Q.12 B Q.13 2 Q.14 3 Q.15 4
Q.16 1 Q.17 3 Q.18 1
SECTION-B
Q.1 C Q.2 A Q.3 B Q.4 B Q.5 B
Q.6 AB Q.7 CD Q.8 2 Q.9 k=3 Q.10 7
Q.11 C Q.12 CD Q.13 0.50
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