BRAIN TEASURES TRIGONOMETRICAL RATIOS BY ABHIJIT KUMAR JHA

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EXERCISEI
Q.1 Prove that coso + cos (o + |) 2cos o cos | cos (o + |) = sin|
Q.2 Prove that cos 2o = 2 sin| + 4cos (o + |) sin o sin | + cos 2(o + |)
Q.3 Prove that , tan

o + 2 tan

2o + 4 tan

4o + 8 cot

8 o = cot

o .
Q.4 Prove that : (a) tan 20 . tan 40 . tan 60 . tan 80 = 3
(b) tan

9 tan

27 tan

63 + tan

81 = 4 . (c)
2
3
16
7
sin
16
5
sin
16
3
sin
16
sin
4 4 4 4
=
t
+
t
+
t
+
t
Q.5 Calculate without using trigonometric tables :
(a) cosec 10

3 sec 10 (b) 4 cos 20 3 cot 20 (c)

20 sin
20 cos 40 cos 2
(d)
(

35 sin 2
5 sin
40 cos
2
5 sec
10 sin 2 2 (e) cos
6
16
t
+ cos
6
16
3t
+ cos
6
16
5t
+ cos
6
16
7t
(f) tan 10 tan 50 + tan 70
Q.6(a) If X = sin |
.
|

\
| t
+ u
12
7
+ sin
|
.
|

\
| t
u
12
+ sin
|
.
|

\
| t
+ u
12
3
, Y = cos |
.
|

\
| t
+ u
12
7
+ cos
|
.
|

\
| t
u
12
+ cos
|
.
|

\
| t
+ u
12
3
then prove that
X
Y
Y
X
= 2 tan2u.
(b) Prove that sin12 + sin 21 + sin 39 + sin 48 = 1+ sin 9 + sin 18 .
Q.7 Show that : (a) cot 7
1
2

or tan 82
1
2

=
( )( ) 1 2 2 3 + +
or
6 4 3 2 + + +
(b) tan

142
1
2

= 2 +

2 3 6 .
Q.8 If m tan (u - 30) = n tan (u + 120), show that cos 2

u =
) n m ( 2
n m

+
.
Q.9 If tan |
.
|

\
|
+
t
2
y
4
= tan
3
|
.
|

\
|
+
t
2
x
4
, prove that
x sin
y sin
=
x sin 3 1
x sin 3
2
2
+
+
.
Q.10 If cos (o + |) =
4
5
; sin (o - |) =
5
13
& o , | lie between 0 &
4
t
, then find the value of tan

2o.
Q.11 Prove that if the angles o & | satisfy the relation
( )
( ) n m
m
n
2 sin
sin
> =
| + o
|
then
n m
tan tan 1
n m
1
tan
tan

| o
+
+
=
o
|
.
Q.12 (a) If y = 10 cosx 6 sin x cos x + 2 sinx , then find the greatest & least value

of y .
(b) If y = 1

+

2

sin

x + 3

cos
2
x , find the maximum & minimum values of y x

e

R .
(c) If y = 9 sec
2
x + 16 cosec
2
x, find the minimum value of y x e R.
(d) Prove that 3 cos u
t
+
|
\

|
.
|
3
+ 5 cos u + 3 lies from - 4 & 10 .
(e) Prove that
( )
2 3 4 + sin u + 4 cos u lies between

( ) 5 2 2 +
& ( ) 5 2 2 + .
Q.13 If A + B + C = t, prove that

|
|
.
|

\
|
C tan . B tan
A tan


=

(tan A) A) 2

(cot A).
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Q.14 If o + | = c where o, | > 0 each lying between 0 and t/2 and c is a constant, find the maximum or
minimum value of
(a) sin o + sin | (b) sin o sin |
(c) tan o + tan | (d) cosec o + cosec |
Q.15 Let A
1
, A
2
, ...... , A
n
be the vertices of an n-sided regular polygon such that ;
4 1 3 1 2 1
A A
1
A A
1
A A
1
+ = . Find the value of n.
Q.16 Prove that : cosec

u + cosec

2

u + cosec

2
2
u + ...... + cosec

2
n 1
u = cot

(u/2) cot 2
n - 1
u
Q.17 For all values of o , | , prove that;
cos o + cos | + cos + cos (o + | + ) = 4 cos
2
| + o
.cos
2
+ |
. cos
2
o +
.
Q.18 Show that
B cos A cos ) B A sin(
B sin 2 A sin 2
B sin 1
B cos
A cos
A sin 1
+

=

+
+
.
Q.19 If tan | =
tan tan
tan . tan
o
o
+
+ 1
, prove that sin 2| =
sin sin
sin . sin
2 2
1 2 2
o
o
+
+
.
Q.20 If o + | = , prove that cos o + cos | + cos = 1 + 2 cos o cos | cos .
Q.21 If o + | + =
t
2
, show that
( )( )( )
( )( )( )
2 2 2
2 2 2
tan 1 tan 1 tan 1
tan 1 tan 1 tan 1
|
o
|
o
+ + +

=
sin sin sin
cos cos cos
o |
o |
+ +
+ +
1
.
Q.22 If A + B + C

=

t and cot u = cot A + cot B + cot C, show that ,
sin (A u) . sin (B u) . sin (C u) = sin
3
u .
Q.23 If P =
19
17
cos .........
19
5
cos
19
3
cos
19
cos
t
+ +
t
+
t
+
t
and
Q =
21
20
cos .........
21
6
cos
21
4
cos
21
2
cos
t
+ +
t
+
t
+
t
, then find P Q.
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) = 2
n
, find n.
EXERCISEII
Q.1 If tan

o = p/q where o = 6|, o being an acute angle, prove that;
2
1
(p

cosec 2

| q

sec 2

|) =
2 2
q p +
.
Q.2 Let A
1
, A
2
, A
3
............ A
n
are the vertices of a regular n sided polygon inscribed in a circle of radius R.
If (A
1
A
2
)
2
+ (A
1
A
3
)
2
+ ......... + (A
1
A
n
)
2
= 14 R
2
, find the number of sides in the polygon.
Q.3 Prove that:
1 ) cos( 2
3 cos 3 cos
| u
| + u
= (cosu + cos|) cos(u + |) (sinu + sin|) sin(u + |)
Q.4 Without using the surd value for sin 18
0
or cos 36
0
, prove that 4 sin 36
0
cos 18
0
=
5
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Q.5 Show that ,
2
1
x 27 cos
x 9 sin
x 9 cos
x 3 sin
x 3 cos
x sin
= + + (tan27x tanx)
Q.6 Let x
1
=
[
=
t
5
1 r
11
r
cos and x
2
=

=
t
5
1 r
11
r
cos , then show that
x
1
x
2
=
64
1
|
.
|

\
|

t
1
22
ec cos , where H denotes the continued product.
Q.7 If u =
7
2t
, prove that tan

u . tan 2

u + tan 2

u . tan 4

u + tan 4

u . tan

u =

7.
Q.8 For 0 < x <
t
4
prove that ,
) x sin x (cos x sin
x cos
2

> 8.
Q.9 (a) If o =
7
2t
prove that, sin

o

+ sin

2o + sin

4o =

2
7
(b) sin
7
t

. sin
7
2t

. sin
7
3t

=

8
7
Q . 1 0 Let k = 1, then prove that

=
+
88
0 n
k ) 1 n cos( nk cos
1
=
k sin
k cos
2
Q.11 Prove that the value of cos

A

+ cos

B

+ cos

C lies between 1 &
2
3
where AA

+

B

+

C = t.
Q.12 If cosA = tanB, cosB = tanC and cosC = tanA , then prove that sinA = sinB = sinC = 2 sin18.
Q.13 Show that
x sin
x cos 3+
R xe can not have any value between
2 2
and
2 2
. What inference
can you draw about the values of
x cos 3
x sin
+
?
Q.14 If (1 + sin t)(1 + cos t) =
4
5
. Find the value of (1 sin t)(1 cos t).
Q.15 Prove that from the equality
b a
1
b
cos
a
sin
4 4
+
=
o
+
o
follows the relation ;
( )
3 3
8
3
8
b a
1
b
cos
a
sin
+
=
o
+
o
.
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 =
( ) ( )
2 / 1 2 / 1
5 3 5 5 +
.
Q.19 If A+B+C = t; prove that tan
2
2
A

+ tan
2
2
B

+ tan
2
2
C
> 1.
Q.20 If A+B+C = t (A , B , C > 0) , prove that sin
2
A
. sin
2
B
. sin
2
C
s
8
1
.
Q.21 Show that elliminating x & y from the equations , sin

x + sin

y = a ;
cos

x + cos

y = b & tan

x + tan

y = c gives
( )
2
2
2 2
a 4 b a
b a 8
+
= 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).
Q.23 Evaluate :

n
1 n
1 n
1 n
n
2
x
cos 2
2
x
tan
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Q.24 If o

+

|

+

= t &
|
.
|

\
| | + o
|
.
|

\
| | o +
|
.
|

\
| o + |
4
tan
4
tan
4
tan

= 1, then prove that;
1 + cos

o

+ cos

|

+ cos

= 0.
Q.25 x e R, find the range of the function, f (x) = cos x (sin x +
sin sin
2 2
x + o
) ; o e [0, t]
EXERCISEIII
Q.1 sec
2
u =
2
) y x (
xy 4
+
is true if and only if :
(A) x + y = 0 (B) x = y , x = 0 (C) x = y (D) x = 0 , y = 0
[JEE 96, 1]
Q.2 (a) Let n be an odd integer. If sin nu =
r
n
=

0
b
r
sin
r
u, for every value of u, then :
(A) b
0
= 1, b
1
= 3 (B) b
0
= 0, b
1
= n
(C) b
0
=

1, b
1
= n (D) b
0
= 0, b
1
= n
2
3n + 3
(b) Let A
0
A
1
A
2
A
3
A
4
A
5
be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius .
Then the product of the lengths of the line segments

A
0
A
1
, A
0
A
2
& A
0
A
4
is :
(A)
3
4
(B) 3
3
(C) 3 (D)
3 3
2
(c) Which of the following number(s) is/are rational ?
(A) sin 15 (B) cos 15 (C) sin 15 cos 15 (D) sin 15 cos 75
[ JEE '98, 2

+

2

+

2

= 6 out of 200 ]
Q.3 For a posi ti ve i nteger n, l et f
n
(u) = |
.
|

\
| u
2
tan (1+ sec

u)

(1+ sec

2u)

(1+

sec

4u)

....

(1

+ sec2
n
u) Then
(A) f
2
t
16
|
\

|
.
| = 1 (B) f
3
t
32
|
\

|
.
| = 1 (C) f
4
t
64
|
\

|
.
| = 1 (D) f
5
t
128
|
\

|
.
| = 1 [JEE '99,3]
Q.4(a) Let f

(u) = sin

u

(sin

u + sin 3

u) . Then f

(u)

:
(A) >

0 only when

u

>

0 (B) s

0 for all real

u
(C) >

0 for all real

u (D) s

0 only when

u

s

0 .
[ JEE 2000 Screening. 1 out of 35 ]
(b) In any triangle ABC, prove that, cot
2
A
+ cot
2
B
+ cot
2
C
= cot
2
A
cot
2
B
cot
2
C
.
[ JEE 2000 Mains, 3 out of 100 ]
Q.5(a) Find the maximum and minimum values of 27
cos 2x
81
sin 2x
.
(b) Find the smallest positive values of

x & y satisfying, x y =
4
t
, cot x + cot y = 2. [REE 2000, 3]
Q.6 If o + | =
t
2
and | + = o then tano equals
(A) 2(tan| + tan) (B) tan| + tan (C) tan| + 2tan (D) 2tan| + tan
[ JEE 2001 (Screening), 1 out of 35 ]
Q.7 If u and | are acute angles satisfying sinu =
2
1
, cos | =
3
1
, then u + | e
(A)
(

\
| t t
2
,
3
(B)
|
.
|

\
| t t
3
2
,
2
(C)
|
.
|

\
| t t
6
5
,
3
2
(D)
|
.
|

\
|
t
t
,
6
5
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]
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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
(C) 12 +
4
3 7
(D) 3 +
4
3 7
[JEE 2005 (Screening)]
Q.9 Let u e
|
.
|

\
| t
4
, 0
and t
1
= (tanu)
tanu
, t
2
= (tanu)
cotu
, t
3
= (cotu)
tanu
, t
4
= (cotu)
cotu
, then
(A) t
1
> t
2
> t
3
> t
4
(B) t
4
> t
3
> t
1
> t
2
(C) t
3
> t
1
> t
2
> t
4
(D) t
2
> t
3
> t
1
> t
4
[JEE 2006, 3]
ANSWER SHEET
EXERCISEI
Q 5. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e)
4
5
(f) 3 Q 10.
56
33
Q 12. (a) y
max
= 11 ; y
min
= 1 (b) y
max
=
13
3
; y
min
=

1, (c) 49
Q14. (a) max = 2 sin (c/2), (b) max. = sin
2
(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
Q.2 n = 7 Q.13
(

2 2
1
,
2 2
1
Q.14
10
4
13

Q.22 x = 30
Q 23.
1 n
1 n
2
x
sin 2
1
x 2 sin
2

Q.25
1
2
+ sin o
s y s
1
2
+ sin o
EXERCISEIII
Q.1 B Q.2 (a) B, (b) C, (c) C Q.3 A, B, C, D Q.4 (a) C
Q.5 (a) max. = 3
5
& min. = 3
5
; (b) x =
12
5t
; y =
6
t
Q.6 C Q.7 B
Q.8 B Q.9 B