JR IPE MATHS-IA QUESTION BANK

SRI CHAITANYA JUNIOR COLLEGE

ANDHRA PRADESH
JUNIOR IPE IMPORTANT QUESTION BANK
MATHEMATICS - IA
BLUE PRINT
S.NO NAME OF THE CHAPTER WEIGHTAGE MARKS
ALGEBRA
1. Functions 11 (7+2+2)
2. Mathematical induction 07 (7)
3. Matrices 22 (7+7+4+2+2)
VECTOR ALGEBRA
4. Addition of vectors 08 (4+2+2)
5. Product of Vectors 13 (7+4+2)
TRIGONOMETRY
6. Trigonometry upto transformations 15 (7+4+2+2)
7. Trigonometric equations 04 (4)
8. Inverse trigonometric Functions 04 (4)
9. Hyperbolic functions 02 (2)
10. Properties of triangles 11 (7+4)
Total marks 97

QUESTION BANK ANALYSIS

LAQ SAQ
S.NO TOPIC NAME VSAQ TOTAL
*** ** * *** ** *
ALGEBRA
1. FUNCTIONS 7 3 - - - - 23 33
2. MATHEMATIC AL INDUCTION 11 1 1 - - - - 13
3. MATRICES 11 3 - 11 3 2 20 50
VECTOR ALGEBRA
4. ADDITION OF VECTORS - - - 6 6 - 15 27
5. PRODUCT OF VECTORS 6 2 2 15 10 5 25 65
TRIGONOMETRY
TRIGNOMETRY UPTO
6. TRANSFORMATIONS
13 2 5 11 3 4 28 66
7. TRIGNOMETRIC EQUATIONS - - - 10 7 0 - 17
INVERSE TR IGNOMETRIC
8. FUNCTIONS
- - - 11 9 2 - 22
9. HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS - - - - - - 13 13
10. PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES 11 8 3 10 6 5 26 69
SUBTOTAL 59 19 11 74 44 18
150 375
TOTAL 89 136

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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks)
FUNCTIONS
***1. Let f : A  B , g : B  C be bijections. Then show that gof : A  C is a bijection
(March - 2009, May-2006,2008,2010, 2012)
1
***2. Let f : A  B , g : B  C be bijections. Then show that  gof   f 1og 1
(March-06,10,11, 2014, May-09,11)
***3. Let f : A  B be a bijection. Then show that fof 1  I B and f 1of  I A
(March-07,12, May-2005,2007)
***4. Let f : A  B , I A and I B be Identity functions on A and B respectively. Then show that
foI A  f  I B of (March - 2013, May-2005,2008)
***5. Let f : A  B be a bijection.Then show that f is a bijection if and only if there exists a
function g : B  A such that fog  I B and gof  I A and in this case, g  f 1
***6. I) If f : R  R , g : R  R are defined by f  x   4 x  1 and g  x   x 2  2 then find
 a 1
(i)  gof  x  ii)  gof    iii) fof  x  iv) go  fof  0 
 4 
II) Let A  1,2,3 , B  a, b, c , C   p, q, r . If f : A  B , g : B  C are defined by
1
f  1, a  ,  2, c  ,  3, b  , g   a, q  ,  b, r  ,  c, p  then show that f 1og 1   gof 
***7. If f : Q  Q is defined by f  x   5 x  4 x  Q then show that f is a bijection and find f 1 .
(Mar-2010)
**8. Let f : A  B , g : B  C and h : C  D . Then show that ho  gof    hog  of .

 x  2, x 1

If the function f is defined by   
f x  2, 1  x  1
**9. , then find the values of
 x  1, 3  x  1

(a) f  3  (b) f  0  (c) f   1.5  (d) f  2   f  2  (e) f   5 

3x  2, x 3
 2
If the function f is defined by   
f x  x  2, 2  x  2
**10.
 2 x  1, x  3

Then find the values of
f  4  Mar-14 , f  2.5  Mar-14 , f  2 , f  4  , f  0 , f  7 

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MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
2
n  n  1  n  2 
Show that 1  1  2   1  2  3   .... upto n terms =
2 2 2 2 2 2
***11. , n  N
12
(March-09,12, May-2009)
13 13  23 13  23  33 n
***12. Show that   +.... upto n terms =  2n 2  9n  13
1 1 3 1 3  5 24 
(March-05,07, 2014)
1 1 1 n
***13. Show that n  N ,    .... upto n terms =
1.4 4.7 7.10 3n  1
(Mar-06,11, May-2011)
n  n 2  6n  11
***14. Show that 2.3  3.4  4.5  .... upto n terms = n  N
3
(March - 2013, May-2006)
1 1 1 1 n
***15. Show that 1.3  3.5  5.7  ...   2n  1 2n  1  2n  1 , n  N

n  n  1 n  2  n  3
***16. Show that 1.2.3  2.3.4  3.4.5  .... upto n terms = , n  N
4
***17. Prove by Mathematical induction
n
a  (a  d )  (a  2d )  ..... upto n terms  [2a  (n  1)d ] (Mar-2010)
2
a (r n  1)
***18 a  ar  ar 2  ......upto n terms  , r 1 (Mar-11)
( r  1)
***19. Show that 49n  16n  1 divisible by 64 for all positive intergers n . (May-2005)
***20. Show that 3.52 n 1  23 n 1 is divisible by 17, n  N . (May-08,10,12)
***21. Use mathematical induction 2.4 2 n 1  33 n 1 is divisible by 11
1
**22. Use mathematical induction to prove the statement
23.24.22 ..... up to n terms  n.2n , n  N . (May-07)
*23. i) Using mathematical induction, show that x m  y m is divisible by x  y . If ‘m’ is an odd
natural number and x, y are natural numbers.
ii) If x & y are natural numbers and x  y .using mathematical induction. Show that
x n  y n is divisible by x  y, n  N .

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MATRICES
 a1 b1 c1 
If A   a2 b2 c2  1 adjA
***24. is a non-singular matrix, then show that A is invertible and A 
 a3 b3 c3  det A
(Mar-07, June-10)
bc ca a b a b c
ca ab bc  2 b c a
***25. Show that (Oct-96)
ab bc c a c a b

a a2 1  a3 a a2 1
b b 2 1  b3  0 b b2 1  0
***26. If and then show that abc = -1 (Mar-04, 2014)
c c2 1  c3 c c2 1

2
a b c 2bc  a 2 c2 b2
2
b c a  c2 2ac  b 2 a2   a 3  b3  c3  3abc 
***27. Show that
c a b b2 a2 2ab  c 2
(Mar-01,12,May-09)
1 a2 a3
1 b2 b3  (a  b)(b  c)(c  a)(ab  bc  ca)
***28. Show that (Mar-09)
1 c2 c3

a b c 2a 2a
2b bca 2b  (a  b  c)3
***29. Show that (Mar-11,May-11)
2c 2c c  a b

a  b  2c a b
***30. Show that
c b  c  2a b  2( a  b  c )3 (Mar-10, June-10)
c a c  a  2b

bc ca ab

a  b b  c c  a  a 3  b3  c3  3abc
***31. Show that (Mar-08, May-07)
a b c

a 2  2a 2a  1 1
3
2a  1 a  2 1   a  1
***32. Show that (March-07,13)
3 3 1

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***33. Solve the following simultaneous linear equations by using Cramer’s rule [Mar-12,May-09]
Matrix inversion [March-2013, May-11,12]
and Gauss -Jordan method [Mar-09,10,2014 May-2010]
(i) 3 x  4 y  5 z  18, 2 x  y  8 z  13, 5 x  2 y  7 z  20 (Mar-08,12,13, May-09)
(ii) x  y  z  9 , 2 x  5 y  7 z  52 , 2 x  y  z  0 (Mar-07,09, May-10,11)
1)
(iii) 2 x  y  3z  9, x  y  z  6, x  y  z  2 (Mar-10, 2014)

***34. Examine whether the following system of equations is consistent or inconsistent. If consistent
find the complete solutions.
i) x  y  z  4, 2 x  5 y  2 z  3, x  7 y  7 z  5
ii) x  y  z  3, 2 x  2 y  z  3, x  y  z  1 (June 02)
iii) x  y  z  6 , x  y  z  2 , 2 x  y  3 z  9 (Mar-05,11)

 1 2 1 
 
**35. If A   0 1 1 then find A 3  3 A 2  A  3 I (Mar-11)
 3 1 1 
2 a ab ca
a  b 2b b  c  4  a  b  b  c  c  a 
**36. Show that
c  a c  b 2c

**37. By using Gaus-Jordan method, show that the following system has no solution
2 x  4 y  z  0, x  2 y  2 z  5,3 x  6 y  7 z  2

PRODUCT OF VECTORS
***38. i)Find the shortest distance between the skew lines r = (6i + 2j + 2 k) + t (i - 2j + 2 k) and
r = (-4 i - k) + s (3i - 2j - 2k) where s, t are scalars (March-08,09)
. ii)If A  1, 2, 1 , B   4, 0, 3 , C  1, 2, 1 and D   2, 4, 5  , find the distance be-
tween AB and CD. (March-07,12, 2014)

***39. Let a, b, c be three vectors. Then show that

     
i) a  b  c  a.c b  b.c a      
ii) a  b  c  a.c b  a.b c (May-2006,09)

***40. Find the equation of the plane passing to the points A=(2,3,-1), B=(4,5,2) and C=(3,6,5).
(March-10,11)
***41. A line makes angles 1 ,  2 , 3 and 4 with the diagonals of a cube. Show that
4
cos 2 1  cos 2  2  cos 2 3  cos 2  4 
3
***42. Show that in any triangle the altitudes are concurrent. (March-2013)

***43. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes
   
r. i  j  k  6 and r. 2i  3 j  4k  5 and the point 1,1,1

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**44. a, b, c are non-zero vectors and a is perpendicular to both b and c.

2
If |a| = 2, |b| = 3, |c| = 4 and (b, c) = , then find |[a b c]| (May-2008)
3

**45. If [b c d] + [c a d] + [a b d] = [a b c], then show that the points with position vectors a, b, c
and d are coplanar.

*46. For any four vectors a, b, c and d , prove that

 a  b    c  d   a c d  b  b c d  a    
and a  b  c  d   a b d  c  a b c  d

*47. If a  i  2 j  k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  2 j  k , find a   b  c  and  a  b   c

TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS

A B C A  B  C
***48. In triangle ABC, prove that cos  cos  cos  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2 4 4 4
(March-07,10, May-07)
***49. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle, then prove that
A B C A B C
sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  1  2 cos cos sin (May-06,11)
2 2 2 2 2 2

***50. If A  B  C   , then prove that

A B C A B C
cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2 cos cos sin (May-2010)
2 2 2 2 2 2

***51. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

A B C
cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4 cos cos sin (May-2006)
2 2 2

***52. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

A B C A  B  C
sin  sin  sin  1  4sin .sin .sin (Mar-11, 2014)
2 2 2 4 4 4

***53. If A  B  C  1800 , then prove that

A B C  A B C
cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2  1  sin sin sin  (Mar-12)
2 2 2  2 2 2

***54. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

A B C
cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4sin sin sin (May-2009)
2 2 2

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***55. In triangle ABC, prove that
A B C A B  C
cos  cos  cos  4 cos cos cos (March-2005)
2 2 2 4 4 4

***56. If A  B  C  2S , then prove that

SA S B C
cos  S  A   cos  S  B   cos C  1  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2

***57. If A  B  C  2S , then prove that

A B C
cos  S  A   cos  S  B   cos  S  C   cos S  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2

***58. Suppose     is not an odd multiple of , m is a non zero real number such that
2
sin     1 m    
m  1 and cos      1  m . Then prove that tan      m.tan    
4  4 

3
***59. If A  B  C  ,prove that Cos2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C  1  4sin A sin B sin C
2
(Mar 2013)
***60. If none of A,B,A+B is an integral multiple of  , then prove that
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B ) A B
 tan cot
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B ) 2 2

**61. In triangle ABC, prove that

A B C A  B  C
sin  sin  sin  1  4cos cos sin
2 2 2 4 4 4

**62. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2C  4cos A sin B cos C

*63. If A  B  C  900 then show that

(i) sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  1  2sin A sin B sin C
(ii) sin 2 A  sin 2B  sin 2C  4cos A cos B cos C

*64. If A  B  C  00 , then prove that cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C  1  2 cos A cos B cos C

*65. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

A B C
sin A  sin B  sin C  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2

*66. If A  B  C  2700 , then prove that cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C  2 cos A cos B sin C

*67. If A BC  D  3600 , prove that cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2C  cos 2 D  4 cos  A  B  cos  A  C  cos  A  D 

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PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
65 21
***68. If a = 13, b = 14, c = 15, show that R  , r  4, r1  , r2  12 and r3  14
8 2
(March-2014),(May-10), (Jun-11)
***69. i) If r1  2, r2  3, r3  6 and r  1 , Prove that a  3, b  4 and c  5 (Mar-2009)
ii) In ABC , if r1  8, r2  12, r3  24 , find a, b, c
r1 r2 r3 1 1
***70. Show that     (May-09)
bc ca ab r 2 R

***71. (i) Show that r  r1  r2  r3  4 R cos C (Mar-12)

(ii) Show that r  r3  r1  r2  4 R cos B (Mar-13)

***72. In ABC , prove that r1  r2  r3  r  4 R (Mar-2006)

***73. If P1, P2 , P3 are the altitudes drawn from vertices A, B, C to the opposite sides of a
triangle respectively, then show that
1 1 1 1
   ( abc ) 2 8 3
i) ii) P1P2 P3   (March-2010)
P1 P2 P3 r 8R 3 abc

ab  r1r2 bc  r2 r3 ca  r3 r1
***74. Show that   (March-2008, May-2008)
r3 r1 r2

2 A B C r
***75. Show that cos  cos 2  cos 2  2  (March-2005)
2 2 2 2R

***76. If r : R : r1  2 : 5 :12 , then prove that the triangle is right angled at A. (May-2007,2009)

***77. Prove that a3 cos  B  C   b3 cos  C  A  c3 cos  A  B   3abc

2 A B C 
***78. Show that a cos  b cos 2  c cos2  s  (Mar-09)
2 2 2 R
rr1 4R  r1  r2
**79. Show that i) a   r2  r3  r r ii)   r1r2
2 3 r1  r2

a b c
**80. In ABC show that    2 R where R is the circumradius
sin A sin B sin C

**81. If cos A  cos B  cos C  3 / 2 , then show that the triangle is equilateral

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A B C
cot cot  cot 2
**82. Prove that 2 2 2 
 a  b  c 
cot A  cot B  cot C a 2  b 2  c 2
r1  r2  r3 
**83. Prove that a
r1r2  r2 r3  r3r1

**84. If a 2  b 2  c 2  8R 2 , then prove that the triangle is right angled.

**85. In ABC , show that i) b 2  c 2  a 2  2ca cos B ii) c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab cos C

iii) a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A

**86. The angle of elevation of the top point P of the vertical tower PQ of height h from a point A
is 450 and from a point B is 600, where B is a point at a distance 30 meters from the point
A measured along the line AB which makes an angle 300 with AQ. Find the height of the
tower.

*87. A lamp post is situated at the middle point M of the side AC of a triangular plot ABC with
BC= 7m, CA= 8m and AB= 9m. Lamp post subtends an angle 150 at the point B. Find the
height of the lamp post.

3 1 3
*88. The upper th portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan at a point in the
4 5
horizontal plane through its foot and at a distance 40m from the foot. Given that the vertical
pole is at a height less than 100m from the ground, find its height.

*89. AB is a vertical pole with B at the ground level and A at the top. A man finds that the angle
of elevation of the point A from a certain point C on the ground is 600. He moves away
from the pole along the line BC to a point D such that CD= 7m. From D, the angle of
elevation of the point A is 450. Find the height of the pole.

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)

MATRICES
 cos sin  n  cos n sin n 
***01. If A    then show that for all positive integers ‘n’, A  
sin cos    sin n cos n 
(Nov-98)

3 4 n 1  2n  4n 
***02. If A   then for any integer n  1 show that A  
1 1 n 1  2n 

  cos 2  cos  sin    cos   cos  sin  

***03. If     , then show that    0
2  cos  sin  sin 2    cos  sin  sin 2  
(Mar-04, May-09,12)
1 2 2
***04. If 3 A   2 1 2  then show that A1  AT (Mar-09, 2014)
 2 2 1

 1 2
2 1 2 
If A    , B  3 0  |
***05. 1 3 4 then verify that  AB   B | A| [March-2013]
 5 4 

yz x x
y zx y  4 xyz
***06. Show that
z z x y

x2 2x  3 3x  4
x  4 2 x  9 3 x  16  0
***07. Find the value of x, if (Mar-06)
x  8 2 x  27 3x  64

1 a a2
1 b b2   a  b  b  c  c  a 
***08. Show that (Mar-2005)
1 c c2

2 1 2
If A   1 0 1 
***09. Find the adjoint and inverse of A. (Mar-05,08)
 2 2 1 

1 2 1
If A 3 2 3
***10. then find A1 (Mar-12)
1 1 2

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1 0 0 1 3
***11. If I    and E    then show that  aI  bE   a 3 I  3a 2bE (Mar-10,J-05)
0
 1  0 0 

1 4 7 3 4 0 
**12. If A    , B   4 2 1 then prove that ( A  B )T  AT  BT
 2 5 8   

 2 4
**13. If A    Find A  A |, A. A | . (May-07)
5 3 

**14. If A and B are invertible then show that AB is also invertible and ( AB)1  B 1 A1 (Jun-03)

*15. For any nxn matrix. A prove that A can be uniquely expressed as a sum of a symmetric matrix and
a skew symmetric matrix.

*16. Show that the determinant of skew-symmetric matrix of order 3 is always zero.

ADDITION OF VECTORS

***17. Let A B C D E F be a regular hexagon with centre ‘O’. Show that

AB + AC + AD + AE + AF = 3AD = 6AO. (May-09,11)

***18. In ABC , if ‘O’ is the circumcentre and H is the orthocentre, then show that
i) OA + OB + OC = OH ii) HA + HB + HC = 2 HO

***19. If the points whose position vectors are 3 i - 2 j - k, 2 i + 3 j - 4 k, - i + j + 2 k and

146
4 i + 5 j +  k are coplanar, then show that  
17

***20 a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors. Prove that the following four points are coplanar
i) -a + 4b - 3c, 3a + 2b - 5c, -3a + 8b - 5c, -3a + 2b + c (May-10)
ii) 6a + 2b - c, 2a - b + 3c, -a + 2b - 4c, -12a - b -3c

***21. If i, j , k are unit vectors along the positive directions of the coordinate axes, then show that the
four points 4i  5 j  k ,  j  k ,3i  9 j  4k and 4i  4 j  4k are coplanar.. (Mar-2014)

***22. In the two dimensional plane, prove by using vector method, the equation of the line whose
x y
intercepts on the axes are ‘a’ and ‘b’ is  1 (May-2005)
a b

**23. Show that the line joining the pair of points 6a - 4b + 4c, -4c and the line joining the pair of
points -a - 2b - 3c, a + 2b - 5c intersect at the point -4c when a, b, c are non-coplanar
vectors

**24. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through points 4i - 3j - k, 3i + 7j - 10k and
2i + 5j - 7k and show that the point i + 2j - 3k lies in the plane. [March-2013]

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**25. Find the vector equation of the line parallel to the vector 2i  j  2k and passing through the
point A whose position vector is 3i  j  k . If P is a point on this line such that AP=15 then
find the position vector of P.

**26. Let a, b be no n-co llinear vect ors. If    x  4 y  a   2 x  y  1 b and

   y  2 x  2  a   2 x  3 y  1 b are such that 3  2 then find x and y .

**27. If a  b  c   d , b  c  d   a and a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors, then show that

a b c  d  0

**28. If a , b , c are non-coplanar vectors, then test for the collinerarity of the following points
whose position vectors are given by
i) a  2b  3c , 2a  3b  4c ,  7b  10c
ii) 3a  4b  3c ,  4a  5b  6c , 4 a  7b  6c
iii) 2a  5b  4c , a  4b  3c , 4a  7b  6c

PRODUCT OF VECTORS
1
***29. Prove that the smaller angle  between any two diagonals of a cube is given by cos  
3
(Mar-10,May-10, Jun-11)

***30. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane passing through the points (1, 2,3), (2, 1,1)
and (1, 2,  4) . (May-2010)

***31. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A 1, 2,3 , B  2,3,1 and C  3,1, 2 
(March-08, 2014)
***32. Find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points P 1, 1, 2  , Q  2, 0, 1
and R  0, 2,1

***33.  
If a = 2i + 3j + 4k, b = i + j - k and c = i - j + k , then compute a  b  c and verify that it

is perpendicular to a .

***34. Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are (1, 2, 1), (3, 2, 5), (2, -1, 0) and
(-1, 0, 1). (May-2007)

***35. Find the volume of the parallelopiped whose coterminus edges are represented by the vectors
2i-3j+k, i-j+2k and 2i+j-k.

***36. Determine  , for which the volume of the parallelopiped having coterminus edges
i + j, 3i - j and 3j +  k is 16 cubic units (May-2005)

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***37. Find the volume of the tetrahedron having the edges i + j + k, i - j and i + 2 j + k
(May-2009)
***38. If a=i-2j-3k,b=2i+j-k and c =i+3j-2k,verify that a  (b  c)  (a  b)  c.
(Mar-08, May-11)

***39. a = 3i - j + 2k, b = -i + 3j + 2k, c = 4i + 5j - 2k and d = i + 3j + 5k, then compute the

      
following i) a  b  c  d and ii) a  b .c  a  d .b 
***40.   
If a  2i  j  k , b  i  2 j  4k , c  i  j  k then find a  b . b  c (Mar-09)

***41. Show that angle in a semi circle is a right angle (May-2008)

***42. If a + b + c = 0, |a| = 3, |b| = 5 and |c| = 7, then find the angle between a and b.

***43. Let a=4i + 5j- k, b=i - 4j + 5k and c=3i + j - k. Find the vector which is perpendicular to
both a and b whose magnitude is twenty one times the magnitude of c.

2 2 2 2 2
**44.     
Show that for any two vectors a and b , a  b  a.a b.b  a.b  a b  a.b  
**45. Show that the points ( 5, -1, 1), (7, -4, 7), (1, -6, 10) and (-1, -3, 4) are the vertices of a
rhombus by vectors (Mar-2013)

**46.  
0
Let a and b be vectors, satisfying a  b  5 and a, b  45 . Find the area of the triangle
having a  2b and 3a  2b as two of its sides (March-2008)

**47. Find the vector having magnitude 6 units and perpendicular to both 2i  k and 3 j  i  k
2
**48. For any three vectors a, b, c prove that [ b  c c  a a  b] = a b c
1
**49.  
Let a, b and c be unit vectors such that b is not parallel to c and a  b  c  b . Find the
2
angles made by a with each of b and c.

**50. A  1, a , a 2  , B  1, b, b 2  and c  1, c, c 2  are non-coplanar vectors and

a a 2 1  a3
b b 2 1  b3  0
, then show that a b c + 1 = 0
c c 2 1  c3

**51. a, b and c are non-zero and non-collinear vectors and   0,   is the angle between b
1
 
and c . If a  b  c  b c a , then find sin 
3

**52. If a  2i  j  3k , b  i  2 j  k , c  i  j  4k and d  i  j  k then compute

a bc  d 
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**53. For any two vectors a and b . Then show that

1  a 1  b   1  a.b
2 2 2
 a  b  ab
2

*54. Show that the points 2i  j  k , i  3 j  5k and 3i  4 j  4k are the vertices of a right
angled triangle. Also find the other angles.
a.c a.d
*55. 
Show that for any four vectors a, b, c and d a  b . c  d    b.c b.d
2 2 2 2
 
and in particular a  b  a b  a.b  
*56. Show that in any triangle, the perpendicular bisectors of the sides are concurrent.

*57. If a, b, c are unit vectors such that a is perpendicular to the plane of b, c and the angle

between b and c is , then find a  b  c
3

*58. If a = (1, -1, -6), b = (1, -3, 4) and c = (2, -5, 3), then compute the following
i) a. (b  c) ii) a  (b  c) iii) (a  b)  c

TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS

***59. If A  B  450 , then prove that

i) 1  tan A1  tan B   2 (May-11)
ii)  cot A  1 cot B  1  2 (March-07, May-09)
3
iii) If A  B  , then show that 1  TanA1  TanB   2
4
Tan  sec   1 1  sin 
***60. Prove that  (March-2014)
Tan  sec   1 cos 

   3  7  9  1
***61. Prove that 1  cos 1  cos 1  cos 1  cos  
 10  10  10  10  16
sin16 A
***62. If A is not an integral multiple of  , prove that cos A.cos 2 A.cos 4 A.cos8 A  and
16 sin A
2 4 8 16 1
hence deduce that cos .cos .cos .cos  (March-09,12)
15 15 15 15 16
***63. Let ABC be a triangle such that cot A  cot B  cot C  3 . then prove that ABC is an
equilateral triangle.

***64. Prove that tan 700  tan 200  2 tan 50 0

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1
***65. For A  R , prove that i) sin A.sin  60  A  sin  60  A   sin 3 A
4
1
ii) cos A.cos  60  A  cos  60  A   cos 3 A and hence deduce that
4
0 0 0 0 3  2 3 4 1
iii) sin 20 sin 40 sin 60 sin 80  iv) cos cos cos cos 
16 9 9 9 9 16

***66. If 3A is not an odd multiple of , prove that tan A.tan  60  A .tan  60  A   tan 3 A and
2
hence find the value of tan 60 tan 420 tan 660 tan 780
4  3 5 7 3
***67. i) Prove that sin  sin 4  sin 4  sin 4 
8 8 8 8 2
2   2  2  2  3  2  9 
ii) Show that cos    cos    cos    cos  2
 10   5   5   10 

***68. Prove the following

2 4 8 1  2 3 4 5 1
i) cos .cos .cos  ii) cos .cos .cos .cos .cos 
7 7 7 8 11 11 11 11 11 32

 2 3 4 5
***69. Prove that sin sin sin sin  [March-2013]
5 5 5 5 16

**70. If sec      sec      2sec  and cos   1 , then show that cos    2 cos
2
4 2 x y x y
**71. If cos x  cos y  and cos x  cos y  find the value of 14 tan  5 cot
5 7 2 2
2 0 2 0 0 0 3
**72. Prove that cos 76  cos 16  cos 76 cos16 
4
 24 4
*73. If 0  A  B  , sin  A  B   , cos  A  B   , find the value of tan 2A
4 25 5
5 1 5 1
*74. Prove that i) sin180  (May-10) ii) cos 360 
4 4
2 02 2 0 0 1
*75. Prove that sin   45   sin   15   sin   15  
2

*76. If cos n   0 and cos  0 , then show that
2
sin  n  1   sin  n  1  
 tan
cos  n  1   2 cos n  cos  n  1  2

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TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
***77. Solve the following and write the general solution
i) 2 cos 2   3 sin   1  0 (May-2009)
ii) 2  sin x  cos x   3 (May-12)
iii) tan   3cot   5sec
  1
***78. If tan   cos    cot  sin   , then prove that cos      
 4 2 2
***79. If tan p  cot q , and p  q then show that the solutions are in A.P. with common

difference .
pq
***80. If 1 , 2 are solutions of the equation a cos 2  b sin 2  c , tan 1  tan  2 and
a  c  0 , then find the values of
i) tan 1  tan  2 , ii) tan 1. tan  2 (iii) tan 1   2  (May-10)

***81. If  ,  are solutions of the Equation

aCos  bSin  c a, b, c  R and a 2  b 2  0, Cos  Cos  , S in   Sin , then
show that
2bc c2  a2
i) Sin  Sin  ii) Sin .Sin 
a  b2
2
a2  b2
2ac c2  b2
iii ) Cos  Cos  2 2 iv) Cos .Cos   2 2
a b a b
***82. Solve i) sin 2 x  cos 2 x  sin x  cos x
ii) sin x  3 cos x  2 (Mar-10)
iii) 1  sin 2   3sin  cos  (Mar-11)
1
***83. If 0     , solve cos  .cos 2 cos 3 
4
 
***84.
2
Solve the equation cot x   
3  1 cot x  3  0;  0  x  
 2
(Mar-12, 2014)
2
***85. Find all values of x in   ,   satisfying the equation 81cos xcos x.....
 43 (Mar-2009)

***86. Solve 4 sin x sin 2 x sin 4 x  sin 3x (Mar 2013)

**87. If x is acute and sin  x  10 0   cos  3 x  680  find x.

**88. Find the general solution of the equations cos ec  2, cot    3

**89. Solve Tan  Sec  3, 0   2 .

3x x
**90. Solve Cos3x  Cos 2 x  Sin  Sin 0  x 2
2 2

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**91.
2
Solve and write the general solution of the equation 4 cos   3  2  
3  1 cos 

2 3
**92. If x  y  and sin x  sin y  then find x and y
3 2
**93. Solve sin 3  4sin  sin  x    sin  x    where   n , n  z

INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

1 1 1 1 
***94. Prove that Tan  Tan1  Tan 1  (Mar-11) (May-06,10,11)
2 5 8 4
1 4 5  16  
***95. Prove that i) Sin  Sin 1  Sin 1   
5 13  65  2
1 4 1 
ii) Sin  2Tan 1  (Mar-10)
5 3 2
1 3 8 36
iii) sin  sin 1  cos 1 (May-09)
5 17 85
1  3  1 5  323 
iv) 2Sin    Cos  Cos 1   (March-2014)
5 13  325 
 1 4 2
***96. Find the value of tan  cos  tan 1  (Mar-12)
 5 3
1   41   7
1   117
***97. Prove that Sin    Sin    Sin   (Mar-2013)
5  25   125 
***98. If Sin 1 x  Sin 1 y  Sin 1 z   , then prove that x 1  x 2  y 1  y 2  z 1  z 2  2 xyz
(March-2006, May-2005)

***99. If Cos 1 p  Cos 1q  Cos 1r   , then prove that p 2  q 2  r 2  2 pqr  1

***100. i) If Tan1 x  Tan 1 y  Tan 1 z   , then prove that x  y  z  xyz

1 1 1 
ii) If Tan x  Tan y  Tan z  , then prove that xy  yz  zx  1
2
1 p q p 2 2 pq q2
***101. If Cos  Cos 1   , then prove that 2  .cos   2  sin 2 
a b a ab b

***102. Solve the following equations for x.

2
1 2x 1 1  x 2x 
i) 3 Sin 2
 4 Cos 2
 2 Tan1 2
 (Mar-09)
1 x 1 x 1 x 3
1 x 1 x 1 
ii) Tan  Tan1 
x2 x2 4
x2 1
***103.
1

Prove that cos Tan sin  Cot x   
1
 x2  2

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***104. Show that sec 2 Tan 1 2   cos ec 2  Cot 1 2   10

 1  1  
**105. Find the value of tan  2Tan    
 5 4 
 1 1 a   1 1 a  2b
**106. Prove that tan   Cos   tan   Cos 
4 2 b 4 2 b a
1  3  1  12  1  33 
**107. Prove that sin    cos    cos  
5  13   65 
41 
**108. Prove that Cot 1 9  Co sec 1 
4 4
 1 1   1 1 
**109. Prove that cos  2Tan  sin 4Tan .
 7   3 
1 3 3 8 
**110. Prove that Tan  Tan 1  Tan 1  .
4 5 19 4
2
 1 2 x 1  1  x 

**111. Prove that sin  cot 2
 cos  2 
1 (March-2004)
 1 x  1  x 

1  1   1  2
**112. Solve tan    tan 1    tan 1  2 
 2 x  1  4 x  1 x 

1 4 3  27 
**113. Prove that cos  sin 1  tan 1   (May-2013)
5 34  11 
*114. If sin 1 x  sin 1 y  sin 1 z   then prove that

x 4  y 4  z 4  4 x 2 y 2 z 2  2  x2 y 2  y 2 z 2  z 2 x2 

5 12 
*115 (i) Solve arc sin    arc sin   x  0 
 x x 2

1 1 
(ii) Solve sin x  sin 2 x 
3

PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES

2 bc A
***116. If i) a   b  c  sec  , prove that tan   sin (Mar-10,11)
bc 2
2 bc A
ii) a   b  c  cos , prove that sin   cos (May-11)
bc 2
a 2 bc A
iii) sin   , prove that cos   cos (March-2011,12, May -2011)
1)
bc bc 2
a2  b2  c2
***117. cot A  cot B  cot C  (March-2010)( May-2012)
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cos A cos B cos C a 2  b 2  c 2

***118. Show that    (May-2010)
a b c 2abc
1 1 1 1 a 2  b2  c2
***119. Show that 2  2  2  2 
r r1 r2 r3 2
r
***120. Show that cos A  cos B  cos C  1 
R
1 1 3
***121. In ABC , if   , show that C  600
a c bc abc
a b b a
***122. If C  600 , then show that i)   1 ii) 2  2 0
bc ca c  a c  b2
2

***123. Show that in ABC , a  b cos C  c cos B (May-2009)

 B C  bc A
***124. Show that in ABC , tan   cot (May-2008)
 2  bc 2

22 A 2 A
***125. Show that  b  c  cos   b  c  sin 2  a 2 (May-2008)
2 2
2 2 2 abc
**126. Show that a cot A  b cot B  c cot C  (March-2014)
R
**127. If p1 , p2 , p3 are the altitudes of the vertices A, B, C of a triangle respectively, show that
1 1 1 cot A  cot B  cot C
2
 2 2  [Mar-2013]
p1 p2 p3 

**128. If a : b : c  7 :8 : 9 , find cos A : cos B : cos C

A B C
**129. If cot , cot , cot are in A.P., then prove that a, b, c are in A.P..
2 2 2
**130. If  r2  r1  r3  r1   2r2 r3 . Show that A  900

a 2  b2 sin C
**131. If a 2  b 2  sin A  B , prove that ABC is a right angled.
 
*132. Show that b 2 sin 2C  c 2 sin 2 B  2bc sin A.
 A B C
*133. Show that  a  b  c   tan  tan   2c cot .
 2 2 2
A B C bc  ca  ab  s 2
*134. Prove that tan  tan  tan 
2 2 2 
A B C
*135. If cot : cot : cot  3 : 5 : 7 , show that a : b : c  6 : 5 : 4
2 2 2
2 A B C
*136. If sin ,sin 2 ,sin 2 are in H.P., then show that a, b, c are in H.P..
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VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)
FUNCTIONS
1. Find the domain of the following real valued functions
1 1
ii) f  x   x  1 
2
i) f  x  
6x  x2  5 2
x  3x  2
1 1
f  x 
iii) x x iv) f  x   x  2  log 1  x 
10

3 x  3 x
v) f  x   (Mar-2007) vi) f  x   4 x  x 2 (May-10)
x
vii) f  x   log  x 2  4 x  3  (Mar-08, 10, May-07)

viii) f  x   x 2  25 (Mar-12)
ix) f  x   log  x   x  
1
f  x 
x)  x  1  x  3
2 (March-2014)

2. If f  {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 1)} then find

i) 2f ii) 2  f iii) f 2 iv) f (Mar-08,12)
3. If f   4,5  ,  5, 6  ,  6, 4  and g   4, 4  ,  6,5  ,  8, 5  then find
i) f  g ii) f  g iii) 2 f  4 g iv) f  4 v) fg
vi) f / g vii) f viii) f ix) f 2 x) f 3
4. If f and g are real valued functions defined by f ( x)  2 x  1 and g ( x)  x 2 then find
 f 
i) (3 f  2 g )( x) ii) ( fg )( x) iii)  g  ( x ) iv) ( f  g  2)( x) (Mar-09)
 
5. If f : R  R , g : R  R are defined by f  x   3 x  1, g  x   x 2  1 then find
i) fof  x 2  1 ii) fog  2  iii) gof  2a  3
6. Find the range of the following real valued functions
x2  4
i) log 4  x 2 ii)
x2
7. If f  x   2, g  x   x , h  x   2 x for all x  R , then find  fo  goh  x  
2

8. Find the inverse of the following functions

i) If a, b  R, f : R  R defined by f  x   ax  b  a  0  (Mar - 2013)
ii) f : R   0,   defined by f  x   5x (Mar-06,11)
iii) f :  0,    R defined by f  x   log 2 x
    
9. If A  0, , , ,  and f : A  B is a surjection defined by f  x   cos x then find B.
 6 4 3 2
(Mar-11,Jun-11)
10. If A  {2, 1, 0,1, 2} and f : A  B is a surjection defined by f ( x)  x 2  x  1, then find B.
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x 1
11. If f  x    x  1 then find i)  fofof  x  ii)  fofofof  x 
x 1
12. Find the domain and range of the following real valued functions
x
i) f  x   ii) f  x   9  x 2 iii) f  x   x  1  x
1  x2
3x  3 x
13. If the function f : R  R defined by f  x   , then show that
2
f  x  y  f  x  y  2 f  x f  y
14. If f : R  R , g : R  R defined by f  x   3 x  2, g  x   x 2  1 , then find
i)  gof 1  (2) ii)  gof  x  1 iii)  f og  2  (March - 2013)

15. Define the following functions and write an example for each
i) One-One (Injection) ii) Onto (Surjection) iii) Even and Odd iv) Bijection

16. If f : N  N is defined as f  x   2 x  3 , Is ‘f ’ onto? Explain with reason. (May-08)

1  x2
17. (i)If f : R  R is defined by f  x   , then show that f  tan    cos 2
1  x2
1 x  2x 
(ii) If f : R  1  R is defined by f  x   log then show that f  2 
 2 f  x
1 x  1 x 
1 1 1 x 
18. If f  x   cos  log x  , then show that f  x  f    f    f  xy    0
   y 2  y 
1
19. If f ( x)  , g ( x )  x for all x  (0, ) then find ( gof )( x)
x
3 1
20. If f : R  {0}  R is defined by f ( x)  x  3 , then show that f ( x)  f (1/ x )  0
x
x x
21. Prove that the real valued function f  x     1 is an even funciton on R  0 .
x
e 1 2
x2  x  1
22. If A  1, 2,3, 4 and f : A  R is a function defined by f  x   , then find the
x 1
range of ' f '.
cos 2 x  sin 4 x
23. If f  x   x  R then show that f  2012   1 .
sin 2 x  cos4 x

MATRICES
1 2  3 8 
24. If A    B  and 2X + A = B then find X. (March-95,11,13)
3 4  7 2
1 2 3 3 2 1
25. If A    and B    find 3B - 2A (Mar-12)
3 2 1 1 2 3
 x  3 2 y  8  5 2 
26. If   , find x, y, z and a
z  2 6   2 a  4 
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 1
 1 2  
2
 
A   0 1 2 
27. Define trace of a matrix and find the trace of A, if  1  (June-10)
 2 1 
 2 
28. Define symmetric matrix and skew-symmetric matrix (Mar-05, June 05, May 07)
1 2 3
If A   2 5 6
29 is a symmetric matrix, find x ( Mar 05)
 3 x 7

0 2 1
If A  2 0 2
30. is a skew-symmetric matrix, find the value of x (May-11)
 1 x 0 

1 0 0
If A  2 3 4
31. and det A = 45, then find x (Mar-03,07, May-09)
5 6 x

 12 22 32 
 2 
2 32 42 
32. Find the determinant of   (Mar-10)
 32 4 2
52 

1  2
 2 1  0
33. If  is a complex (non - real) cube root of unity, then show that
2 1 
(Mar-11, 2014)
 2 1
If A   5 0 and B   2 3 1 T
, then find 2 A  B T and 3 B  A . (Mar-10)
34.  4 0 2 
-10)
 1 4 
 
1 4 7  3 4 0
35. If A    and B  
T
then show that  A  B   AT  BT (May-09)
 2 5 8 4 2 1
 cos sin 
36. If A    then show that AA1  A1 A  I ( Mar-07)
sin cos 
 cos   sin  
37. Find the adjoint and the inverse of the matrix   (Mar-09,13)
 sin  cos  
 2 4
38. If A    and A2  0 find the value of k. (Mar-05, 2014 May-11)
 1 k 

 i 0
39. If A    , find A2 ( Mar 08)
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40. Find the rank of each of the following matrices
1 1 1  1 4 1 1 2 1
1 1 1 2 3 0  1 0 2 
i)   ( Mar 08, June-10) ii)   iii)   (Mar-12)
1 1 1  0 1 2   0 1 1

 1 2 0 1
3 4 1 2  1 0 4 
iv)   v)  
 2 3 2 5   2 1 3 

41. Write the definitions of singular and non-singular matrices and give examples.

42. A certain book shop has 10 dozen Chemistry books, 8 dozen Physics books, 10 dozen
Economics books. Their selling prices are Rs. 80, Rs.60 and Rs. 40 each respectively.
Using matrix algebra, find the total value of the books in the shop.
1
43. Construct a 3  2 matrix whose elements are defined by aij  i  3 j
2
ADDITION OF VECTORS
44. (i) Find the unit vector in the direction of vector a  2i  3 j  k . (March-2014)
(ii) Let a = 2i + 4j - 5k, b = i + j + k and c = j + 2k. Find the unit vector in the opposite direction
of a + b + c (Mar-09,10,12)

45. Show that the points whose position vectors are -2a + 3b + 5c, a + 2b + 3c, 7a - c are collinear
when a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors.

46. If the position vectors of the points A, B and C are -2 i + j - k, -4i + 2j + 2k and
6i - 3j - 13k respectively and AB =  AC, then find the value of  (Mar-11)
     
47. If the vectors 3i  4 j   k and  i  8 j  6k are collinear vectors, then find  and  .
(March-2014, May-2010)

48. If a  2i  5 j  k and b  4i  m j  nk are collinear vectors then find the values of m and n
(Jun-11)

49. If OA = i + j + k, AB = 3i - 2j + k, BC = i + 2j-2k and CD = 2i + j + 3k, then find the vector OD

(March - 2013)

50. OABC is a parallelogram. If OA = a and OC = c, then find the vector equation of the side BC.
(March-2009)

51. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the points 2i  4 j  2k , 2i  3 j  5k and
parallel to the vector 3i  2 j  k (Mar-12)

52. Find the vector equation of the line joining the points 2i + j + 3k and -4i + 3j - k. (Mar-11)

53. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point 2i  3 j  k and parallel to the
vector 4i  2 j  3k . (June-10)

54. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points.
i  2 j  5k ,  5 j  k and  3i  5 j
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55. If a, b, c are the position vectors of the vertices A,B and C respectively of ABC then find the
vector equations of the median through the vertex A. (Mar-04,13,May-08)

56. Is the triangle formed by the vectors 3i + 5j + 2k, 2i - 3j - 5k and -5i - 2j + 3k equilateral?

57. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points (0, 0, 0), (0, 5, 0), and (2, 0, 1).

58. ABCDE is a pentagon. If the sum of the vecotrs AB, AE , BC , DC , ED and AC is  AC

then find the value of  .

PRODUCT OF VECTORS
59. If a = i + 2j - 3k and b = 3 i - j + 2k, then show that a + b and a - b are perpendicular to each other.
(May-11)
60. If the vectors  i  3 j  5k and 2 i   j  k are pependicular to each other, find 
2p
61. If 4i  j  pk is parallel to the vector i  2 j  3k , find p (Mar-11)
3
62. Find the angle between the vectors i  2 j  3k and 3i  j  2k . (March-10, 2014)

63. Find the cartesian equation of the plane through the point A  2, 1, 4  and parallel to the plane
4 x  12 y  3z  7  0

64. Find the angle between the planes r. (2i - j + 2 k) = 3 and r. (3i +6 j + k) = 4.

65. Find the area of the parallelogram having 2i  3 j and 3i  k as adjacent sides. (May 12)

66. Let a = i + j + k and b = 2 i + 3 j + k find

i) The projection vector of b and a and its magnitude
ii) The vector components of b in the direction of a and perpendicular to a

67. If a =2i+2j-3k , b = 3i - j + 2k, then find the angle between 2a + b and a + 2b

68. If |a| = 2, |b| = 3 and |c| = 4 and each of a, b, c is perpendicular to the sum of the other two vectors,
then find the magnitude of a + b + c
69. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the vectors
a  4i  3 j  k , b  2i  6 j  3k (May-09)
_ _

70. If a  2i  j  k and b  i  3 j  5k , then find a b (Mar-2013)

71. If a = 2i - 3j + 5k , b = -i + 4j + 2k then find a  b and unit vector perpendicular to both a and b.

72. Let a =2i-j+k and b = 3i+4 j-k. If  is the angle between a and b, then find sin 

2 2 2 2
73. For any vector a, show that a  i  a  j  a  k  2 a

 2
74.  
If p  2, q  3 and p, q 
6
, then find p  q

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75.    
Compute a  b  c  b  c  a  c  a  b  
76. Find the area of the parallelogram having a  2 j  k and b  i  k as adjacent sides

77. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 3i  j  2k and i  3 j  4k

78. If the vectors a = 2i - j + k, b = i + 2j - 3k and c = 3i + p j + 5k are coplanar,

then find p

79.      
Show that i  a  i  j  a  j  k  a  k  2a for any vector a

80. Prove that for any three vectors a, b, c, [ b + c c + a a + b] = 2 [a b c]

81. Compute i  j j  k k  i

82. Let b=2i+j-k,c=i+3k.If a is a unit vector then find the maximum value of [a b c]

1 1
83. If e1  e2  sin  where e and e are unit vectors including an angle  , show that   .
2 1 2 2

TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS

84. If cos   sin   2 cos  , prove that cos  sin   2 sin  (Mar-09,Jun-11)
1)

85. If 3sin   4 cos   5 , then find the value of 4sin   3cos  (Mar-12)

 3 5 7 9
86. Prove that cot .cot .cot .cot .cot  1 (March-2005)
20 20 20 20 20

87. Find the period of the following functions

 4x  9 
i) f  x   tan 5 x ii) f  x   cos   (March-2005, 2014, May-10)
 5 

iii) f  x   sin x
iv) f  x   cos4 x
x x
v) f  x   2sin  3cos
4 3
vi) f ( x)  tan  x  4 x  9 x  ...  n 2 x  (n is any positive integer).
vii) f ( x )  cos(3 x  5)  7
0 0 0 0 1
88. Prove that cos12  cos84  cos132  cos156  
2
0 0 0 0 1
89. Prove that cos100 cos 40  sin100 sin 40 
2
0 0 0
90. Find the value of cos 42  cos 78  cos162 (May-11)

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91. Find the maximum and minimum values of the following functions over R
i) f  x   7 cos x  24sin x  5
ii) f  x   sin 2 x  cos 2 x
   
iii) cos  x    2 2 sin  x    3 (March-2009)
 3  3
iv) f  x   13cos x  3 3 sin x  4
v) f  x   3sin x  4cos x (March-2014)

92. Find the value of

0 0 0 0
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
i) sin 82  sin 22 ii) cos 112  sin 52
2 2 2 2
0 0
1 1
iii) sin 2 52  sin 2 22
2 2
1 3
93. Prove that  4
sin10 cos100
0

2
94. If sec   tan  , find the value of sin  and determine the quadrant in which  lies.
3
4 2  1  4
95. Show that cos   2 cos   1  2   1  sin 
 sec  

2
96. Prove that  tan   cot    sec 2   cos ec 2  sec 2  .cos ec 2

2 sin  1  cos   sin 

97. If  x, find the value of
1  cos   sin  1  sin 

tan 6100  tan 7000 1  p 2

98. 0
i) If tan 20  p , then prove that 
tan 5600  tan 4700 1  p 2

Tan1600  Tan1100 1   2
ii) If Tan 20   , then show that
0 
1  Tan1600 Tan1100 2

  
99. i) Draw the graph of y  tan x in between  0, 
 4
ii) Draw the graph of y  cos 2 x in  0,  
iii) Draw the graph of y  sin 2 x in  0 ,  

100. If  is not an integral multiple of , prove that tan   2 tan 2  4 tan 4  8cot 8  cot 
2
101. Prove that 4  cos 660  sin 84 0   3  15
3 1
102. Prove that cos 20 0 cos 400  sin 5 sin 250 
4

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103. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle and if none of them is equal to , then prove that
2
tan A  tan B  tan c  tan A tan B tan C
1
104. If sin    and  does not lie in the third quadrant. Find the value of cos  . (Mar-13)
3
105. Find the cosine function whose period is 7 ( Mar-13)
2
106. Find a sine function whose period is
3
0 0
cos 9  sin 9
107. Prove that 0 0
 cot 360 (Mar-11)
cos 9  sin 9
5 
108. If cos    and     then find sin 2 .
13 2
2 tan x
109. For what values of x in the first quadrant is positive?
1  tan 2 x
 
110. If 0    , show that 2  2  2  2 cos 4  2cos
8 2
0
sin 2 1
111. Prove that tan   and hence deduce the values of tan15 and tan 22
0
1  cos 2 2

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
5
112. If cosh x  , find the values of (i) cosh  2x  and (ii) sinh  2 x  (Mar-10,11)(May-06,11)
1)
2
3
113. sinh x  , find cosh  2x  and sinh  2x  (Mar-12, 2014, May-09)
4

114. If cosh x  sec then prove that tanh 2 x / 2  tan 2  / 2 ( Mar -2013)

115. For x, y  R i) sinh  x  y   sinh x cosh y  cosh x sinh y

ii) cosh  x  y   cosh x cosh y  sinh x sinh y
116. Prove that
n
i)  cosh x  sinh x   cosh  nx   sinh  nx  , for any n  R (March-06,07)
n
ii)  cosh x  sinh x   cosh  nx   sinh  nx  , for any n  R

117. For any x  R , Prove that cosh 4 x  sinh 4 x  cosh  2 x 

      
118. If   ,  and x  log cot    , prove that
 4 4  4 
sinh x   tan 2 and cosh x  sec 2
    
119. If u  log e  tan     and if cos  0, then prove that coshu = secθ.
  4 2 
tanh x  tanh y
120. Prove that tanh  x  y  
1  tanh x.tanh y
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cosh x sinh x
121. Prove that   sinh x  cosh x, for x  0.
1  tanh x 1  coth x
1 1  1 x 
122. Theorem : for x   1,1 , tanh  x   log e  
2  1 x 
1  1  1
123. Show that tanh    log e 3 (Mar-2005, 2007, May-2005,2007)
 2 2
124. 
If sinh x  5, show that x  log e 5  26 
PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
( NOT GIVEN IN EXAMS BUT THE QUESTIONS USEFUL TO SOLVE LAQ’S & SAQ’S )

125. In an equilateral triangle, find the value of r/R.

126. If the lengths of the sides of a triangle are 3, 4, 5, find the circumradius of the triangle

127. In ABC , show that   b  c  cos A  2s

128. If the sides of a triangle are 13, 14, 15, then find the circum diameter

129. In ABC , if  a  b  c  b  c  a   3bc , find A (March-2008)

2 C B
130. In ABC , find b cos  c cos 2 (Mar-10,12)
2 2
A 5 C 2
131. If tan  and tan  , determine the relation between a, b, c (May-2005)
2 6 2 5
A bc
132. If cot  , find angle B
2 a
 A
133. In ABC , express  r1 cot   in terms of s. (May-06,11)
2
c  b cos A cos B
134. Show that 
b  c cos A cos C
135. If a  3  1cms., B  300 , C  450 , then find c
63
136. If a = 26 cms., b = 30 cms. and cos C  , then find c. (Mar-11)
65
137. If a  6, b  5, c  9 then find angle A. (May-10)
B
138. If a  4, b  5, c  7 then find cos
2
139. If the angles are in the ratio 1 : 5 : 6, then find the ratio of its sides (May-2007)
a 2  b 2  c 2 tan B
140. Prove that 2 
c  a 2  b 2 tan C
141. Prove that  b  a cos C  sin A  a cos A sin C (March-2006)
a b c
142. If   , then show that ABC is equilateral (March-2009)
cos A cos B cos C
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1 1 1 1
143. In ABC , prove that r  r  r  r
1 2 3

144. Show that r r1 r2 r3   2

145. In ABC ,   6 sq.cm and s = 1.5 cm., find r..

146. If rr2  r1r3 , then find B

147. If A  900 , show that 2  r  R   b  c

r1 3
148. Show that   s  b  s  c   r

149. Show that a 2 sin 2C  c 2 sin 2 A  4

150. If a cos A  b cos B, prove that the triangle is either isosceles or right angled.

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