7.

Find x if
sin x = tan 12◦ · tan 48◦ · tan 54◦ · tan 72◦ ·

8. Solve the following equations in R:

• sin 9x + sin 5x + 2 sin2 x = 1

• cos 5x · cos 3x − sin 3x · sin x = cos 2x

π


• 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:

2π 4π 6π π 3π 5π







• sin 7 + sin 7 − sin 7 = 4 sin 7 · sin 7 · sin 7

π 3π 5π 7π 9π 11π 1







• cos 13 + cos 13 + cos 13 + cos 13 + cos 13 + cos 13 = 2
     
π 3π (2k−1)π 1
• ∀k ∈ N : cos 2k+1 + cos 2k+1 + · · · + cos 2k+1 = 2

π

2π

3π

1 π


• sin 7 + sin 7 + sin 7 = · cot 4
4

10. Show that

π 2π nπ
cos + cos + · · · + cos = −1.
n n n
sin 2na
11.Show that cos a + cos 3a + cos 5a + · · · + cos(2n − 1)a = 2 sin a .
sin2 na
12. Show that sin a + sin 3a + sin 5a + · · · + sin(2n − 1)a = sin a .

13. Calculate

(tan 1◦ )2 + (tan 2◦ )2 + (tan 3◦ )2 + . . . + (tan 89◦ )2 .

2π
14. Prove that cot2 π
7 + cot2 7 + cot2 3π
7 = 5.
√
15. Show that tan π7 tan 2π
7 tan 3π
7 = 7.

2
16. cos 2π 4π
and cos 6π




7 , cos 7 7 are the roots of an equation of the form
ax3 + bx2 + cx + d = 0 where a, b, c, d are integers. Determine a, b, c and d.
*17. Find the value of the sum

r r r
3 2π 3 4π 3 6π
cos + cos + cos .
7 7 7

18. Solve the equation

2 sin4 x(sin 2x − 3) − 2 sin2 x(sin 2x − 3) − 1 = 0.

19. Express the sum of the following series in terms of sin x and cos x.

n  
X
2 k
(2k + 1) sin x + π
2
k=0

20. Find the smallest positive integer N for which

1 1 1 1
+ + ···+ = .
sin 45◦ · sin 46 ◦ sin 47 · sin 48
◦ ◦ sin 133 · sin 134
◦ ◦ sin N ◦

21. Find the value of

sin 40◦ + sin 80◦
.
sin 110◦

22. Evaluate the sum

S = tan 1◦ · tan 2◦ + tan 2◦ · tan 3◦ + tan 3◦ · tan 4◦ + · · · + tan 2004◦ · tan 2005◦.

23. Solve the equation :

√ √ √ √
3 sin x(cos x − sin x) + (2 − 6) cos x + 2 sin x + 3 − 2 2 = 0.

1
24. Let f (x) = sin πx . Prove that f (3) + f (2) = f (1).
7

25. Suppose that real numbers x, y, z satisfy

cos x + cos y + cos z sin x + sin y + sin z

= =p
cos (x + y + z) sin (x + y + z)

3
Prove that
cos (x + y) + cos (y + z) + cos (x + z) = p.

π
26. Solve for θ, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2:

sin5 θ + cos5 θ = 1.

27. For x, y ∈ [0, π3 ] prove that cos x + cos y ≤ 1 + cos xy.

28. Prove that among any four distinct numbers from the interval (0, π2 ) there
are two, say x, y, such that:

8 cos x cos y cos(x − y) + 1 > 4(cos2 x + cos2 y).

π
29. Let B = 7. Prove that

tan B · tan 2B + tan 2B · tan 4B + tan 4B · tan B = −7.

30. a) Calculate
1 4π 5π
6π − 4 cos 13 − 4 cos 13 =?
cos 13

b) Prove that
π 4π 3π 3π
tan + 4 sin = tan + 4 sin
13 13 13 13

c) Prove that
2π 6π 5π 2π
tan + 4 sin = tan + 4 sin
13 13 13 13

31. Prove that if α, β are angles of a triangle and cos2 α + cos2 β (1 + tan α · tan β) =

2, then α + β = 90◦ .

32. Let a, b, c, d ∈ [− π2 , π2 ] be real numbers such that sin a+sin b+sin c+sin d = 1
and cos 2a + cos 2b + cos 2c + cos 2d ≥ 10 π
3 . Prove that a, b, c, d ∈ [0, 6 ]

33. Find all integers m, n for which we have sinm x + cosn x = 1, for all x.
34. Prove that tan 55◦ · tan 65◦ · tan 75◦ = tan 85◦ .
4 cos 12◦ +4 ◦
√ cos 36 +1
35. Prove that 3
= tan 78◦ .

4
36. Prove that
v v
u u s
u r
√
u  
4π 6π 10π
u q
t
4 + 4 + 4 − 4 + 4 + 4 − · · · = 2 cos + cos + cos .
t
19 19 19

The signs: + + − + + − + + − + + − · · ·
37. For reals x, y Prove that cos x + cos y + sin x sin y ≤ 2.
38. Solve the equation in real numbers

r
√
q
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 A cos B cos C.

40. Solve the equation

sin3 (x) − cos3 (x) = sin2 (x) .

Pn
41. Find Sn = k=1 sin2 kθ for n > 1
42. Prove the following without using induction:

cos n+1 n
2 x · sin 2 x
cos x + cos 2x + · · · + cos nx = x .
sin 2

43. Evaluate:
1 1 1
sin θ + · sin 2θ + 2 · sin 3θ + 3 · sin 4θ + · · ·
2 2 2

44. Compute
n−1  
X
2 kπ
csc .
n
k=1

45. Prove that

h i
π

2π

(n−1)π nπ


• tan θ+tan θ + n +tan θ + n +· · ·+tan θ + n = −n cot nθ + 2 .

5
 h i
π

2π

(n−1)π
• cot θ + cot θ + n + cot θ + n + · · · + cot θ + n = n cot nθ.

46. Calculate
∞
X a
22n sin4 .
n=1
2n

47. Compute the following sum:

tan 1◦ + tan 5◦ + tan 9◦ + · · · + tan 177◦ .

48. Show that for any positive integer n > 1,

n−1 √
X 2πk 2 n nπ nπ
• cos = (1 + cos + sin )
n 2 2 2
k=0

n−1 √
X 2πk 2 n nπ nπ
• sin = (1 + cos − sin )
n 2 2 2
k=0

49. Evaluate the product

n
Y kπ
tan .
2(n + 1)
k=1

n
X (2k − 1)π
50. Prove that, (−1)k−1 cot = n for even n.
4n
k=1
n  
X (2k − 1)π
51. Prove that cot2 = n(2n − 1).
2n
k=1
n
n(2n − 1)(4n2 + 10n − 9)
 
X
4 kπ
52. Prove that cot = .
2n + 1 45
k=1

53. Let x be a real number with 0 < x < π. Prove that, for all natural numbers
n, the sum sin x + sin33x + sin55x + · · · + sin(2n−1)x
2n−1 is positive.