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Trigonometry Exercise

Example 1:- cosec (90 A) =

a. cosec A
b. sin A
c. cos A
d. tan A
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Solution : cosec (90 A) = 1/sin (90 A) = 1/cos A = sec A.

e. sec A

Example 2:- sec (90o A) =

a. sec A
b. sin A
c. cos A
d. cosec A
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Solution : sec (90 A) = 1/cos (90 A) = 1/sin A = cosec A.

e. tan A

Example 3:- cot (90o A) =

a. tan A
b. cos A
c. sin A
d.sec A
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Solution : cot (90 A) = 1/tan (90 A) = 1/cot A = tan A.

e. cosec A

Example 4:- sin (90o A) / cos (90o A) =

a. tan A
b. cot (90o A)
c. cot A
d. sin A
e. none
Solution : We know sin (90o A) = cos A. Similarly cos (90o A) = sin A. Substituting these values
in the expression, we get sin (90o A)/cos (90o A) = cos A/sin A = cot A.
Example 5:- cos (90o A) / sin (90o A) =
a. tan A
b. cot A
c. tan (90o A)
d. sec (90o A)
e. none
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Solution : Substituting the values cos (90 A) = sin A and sin (90 A) = cos A in the expression,
we get cos (90o A)/sin (90o A) = sin A/cos A = tan A.
Example 6:- [cosec2 A 1] s cos (90o A) / sin (90o A) =
a. tan A
b. sin A
c. cot A
d. cos A
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Solution : The value of cosec A 1 = cot A. Also the value of cos (90 A) / sin (90o A) =
sin A / cos A = tan A. Substituting these values, the answer is found to be cot 2A tan A = cot A.
Example 7:- cot A [cos (90o A) / sin (90o A)] =
a. tan A
b. cot2 A
c. tan2 A
d. cot A
e. 1
Solution: The value of cos (90o A) / sin (90o A) = sin A / cos A = tan A. Therefore the given
expression reduces to cot A tan A which equals 1.
Example 8:- The value of tan 45o cos 45o sin 45o is
a. 1 / 2
b. 1
c. 0
d. 3 / 4
Solution: From the table of values of trigonometric functions,
tan 45o cos 45o sin 45o = 1 (1/2) = 1/2.

e. 1 / 4

Example 9:- The value of sin2 30o + cos2 30o is

a. 0
b. 1
c. 1 / 2 d. 3 / 2
e. 1 / 4
Solution: From the table of values of trigonometric functions,
sin2 30o + cos2 30o = + = 1. But it should be remembered that
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1, for all values of A.
Example 10:- The value of tan 45o + cos 0 + sin 90o is
a. 2
b. 1
c. 1 / 2 d. 0
Solution: From the table of values of trigonometric functions,

e. 3

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tan 45o + cos 0 + sin 90o = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.

Example 11:- The value of tan 60o cos 30o sin 60o tan 30o is
a. 0
b. 1 / 2
c. 3 / 2
d. 1
Solution: From the table of values of trigonometric functions,
tan 60o cos 30o sin 60o tan 30o = (3/2) (1/2) = 1.

e. 2

Example 12:- The value of [1 + sin 60o + sin2 30o + sin2 60o + sin4 45o] [cos 30o sin 60o] is
a. 1
b. 13 / 12
c. 12 / 13
d. 1 / 2
e. 0
Solution : The value of the second term [cos 30o sin 60o] is 0. Hence the value of the
entire expression is 0, irrespective of the value of the first term.
Example 13:- (sin A + cos A)2 2 sin A cos A =
a. 2
b. 0
c. 1
d. tan A
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2
Solution : (sin A + cos A) 2 sin A cos A = sin A + cos2 A = 1.

e. sin2 A cos2 A

Example 14:- sin2 A sec2 A + cos2 A + tan2 A =

a. 1
b. 0
c. cot A
d. cosec A
e.
cosec 2A
Solution : Here the terms need to be grouped properly. The given expression can be
written as (sin2 A + cos2 A) (sec2 A tan2 A) = 1 1 = 0.
Example 15:- 1/(1 + cot2 A) + 1/(1 + tan2 A) =
a. 0
b. sin2 A
c. 1
d. cos2 A
sin2 A/cos2 A
Solution: The expression
1/(1 + cot2 A) + 1/(1 + tan2 A) = 1/cosec2 A + 1/sec2 A = sin2 A + cos2 A = 1.

e.

Example 16:- cot A tan A =

a. sin A
b. cos A
c. sin A cos A
d. 1
e. 1/(sin A cos A)
Solution : cot A = 1 / tan A. Hence cot A tan A = 1.
Alternatively cot A = cos A/sin A and tan A= sin A/cos A. So cot A tan A = (cos A/sin A)
(sin A/cos A) = 1.
Example 17:-

From the figure, the value of cosec A + cot A is

a. (a + b)/c b. (b + c)/a
c. a/(b + c)
d. b/(a + c) e. (a + c)/b
Solution:- We know cosec A = b/a and cot A = c/a. Hence cosec A + cot A = (b + c)/a.
Example 18:- Which of the following relationships is true:
a. sin A cot A = 1
b. sin A + cosec A = 1
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c. cos A sec A = 1
d. sec A - cos A = 1
e. sec A cot A = 1
Solution: cos A sec A = 1
By definition, sec A = 1 / cos A. So cos A sec A = 1 is true.
Example 19:-

From the figure, the value of sin2 A + cos2 A is

a. a/b + c/b
b. b/a + c/b
c. 1
d. (a/b + c/b)2
e. (b/a + c/b)2
Solution: This question is a bit tricky. We know sin A = a/b and cos A = c/b.
So sin2 A + cos2 A = (a2 + c2) / b2. By Pythagoras Theorem, a2 + c2 = b2 for a right-angled triangle.
Hence sin2 A + cos2 A = 1, which is a famous identity.
Example 20:- From the figure, the value of cot C + cosec C is

a. (a + c)/b b. (a + b)/c
c. (c + b)/a
d. a/c + c/b e. c/a + b/c
Solution: cot C is Base/Opposite Side and cosec C is Hypotenuse/Opposite Side. From these
definitions, the values of cot C and cosec C are given by a/c and b/c respectively. Hence the
answer is (a + b)/c.
Example 21:- cosec A / sec A =
a. tan A
b. sin A
c. cos A
d. cot A
e. sin A + cos A
Solution: By definition, cosec A = 1 / sin A and sec A = 1 / cos A. So cosec A / sec A = cos A /
sin A = cot A.
Example 22:- For the figure given on the right, the value of cot A is

a. sin A / cos A
b. tan C
c. cos C / sin C d. a / c
e. c / b
Solution: The value of cot A is c/a. Similarly the value of tan C is c/a. Hence cot A = tan C.

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