ASSIGNMENT–I (TRI)

Q.1 Prove that cos² + cos² (+ )  2cos  cos  cos (+ ) = sin²
Q.2 Prove that cos 2 = 2 sin² + 4cos (+ ) sin  sin  + cos 2(+ )
Q.3 Prove that , tan  + 2 tan 2 + 4 tan 4 + 8 cot 8  = cot  .
Q.4 Prove that : (a) tan 20° . tan 40° . tan 60° . tan 80° = 3
4  3 5 7 3
(b) tan 9°  tan 27°  tan 63° + tan 81° = 4 . (c) sin  sin 4  sin 4  sin 4 
16 16 16 16 2
Q.5 Calculate without using trigonometric tables :
2 cos 40  cos20
(a) cosec 10°  3 sec 10° (b) 4 cos 20°  3 cot 20° (c)
sin 20
 sec5 cos40   3 5 7
(d) 2 2 sin10  2sin35 (e) cos6 + cos6 + cos6 + cos6
 2 sin5  16 16 16 16
(f) tan 10°  tan 50° + tan 70°
 7     3 
Q.6 (a) If X = sin     + sin     + sin     ,
 12   12   12 
 7     3  X Y
Y = cos     + cos     + cos     then prove that  = 2 tan2.
 12   12   12  Y X
(b) Prove that sin²12° + sin² 21° + sin² 39° + sin² 48° = 1+ sin² 9° + sin² 18° .
1 1
Q.7 Show that : (a) cot 7
2
or tan 82 = 3  2
2
  
2 1 or 2  3 4  6
1
(b) tan 142 = 2 + 2  3  6 .
2
tan
sin n 1
Q.8 Prove that if the angles & satisfy the relation   m  n  then tan 1 tan tan .
sin 2   m mn m n
Q.9 (a) If y = 10 cos²x  6 sin x cos x + 2 sin²x , then find the greatest & least value of y .
(b) If y = 1 + 2 sin x + 3 cos2 x , find the maximum & minimum values of y  x  R .
(c) If y = 9 sec2x + 16 cosec2x, find the minimum value of y  x  R.
 
(d) Prove that 3 cos     + 5 cos  + 3 lies from - 4 & 10 .
  3

  
(e) Prove that 2 3  4 sin  + 4 cos  lies between  2 2 5 & 2 2 5 .   
Q.10 Prove that 2 cos x – cos 3x – cos 5x = 16 cos3 x sin2 x.
Q.11 If  +  = c where ,  > 0 each lying between 0 and /2 and c is a constant, find the maximum or
minimum value of
(a) sin  + sin  (b) sin  sin 
(c) tan  + tan  (d) cosec  + cosec 
1 1 
Q.12 If tan  = , sin  = where 0 < ,  < , then find the value of 2 + .
7 10 2
Q.13 Prove that : cosec  + cosec 2  + cosec 2 + ...... + cosec 2 n  1  = cot (/2)  cot 2 n - 1
2

Q.14 For all values of ,  , prove that;

   
cos + cos + cos+ cos (+  + ) = 4 cos .cos . cos .
2 2 2
 1  sin A cos B 2 sin A  2 sin B
Q.15 Show that   .
cos A 1  sin B sin( A  B)  cos A  cos B
tan   tan  sin 2   sin 2 
Q.16 If tan  = , prove that sin 2 = .
1  tan  . tan  1  sin 2  . sin 2 
Q.17 If + = , prove that cos²+ cos² + cos² = 1 + 2 cos  cos cos  .

 1  tan 2 1  tan 2 1  tan 2  sin   sin   sin   1

Q.18 If + +  = , show that = .
2 1  tan 2 1  tan 2 1  tan 2  cos   cos   cos 
Q.19 If A + B + C =  and cot  = cot A + cot B + cot C, show that ,
sin (A ) . sin (B ) . sin (C ) = sin3  .
Q.20 (i) If cos ( + ) = 4/5, sin ( – ) = 5/13 and ,  lie between 0 and /4, find tan 2.
(ii) If m tan(  30°) = n tan( + 120°), then find cos 2 in terms of m and n.
Q.21 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.22 Given that (1 + tan 1°)(1 + tan 2°)......(1 + tan 45°) = 2n, find n.

ASSIGNMENT–II
Q.1 If tan  = p/q where  = 6,  being an acute angle, prove that;
1
(p cosec 2  q sec 2 ) = p 2  q 2 .
2
Q.2 Let A1 , A2 , A3 ............ An are the vertices of a regular n sided polygon inscribed in a circle of radius R.
If (A1 A2)2 + (A1 A3)2 + ......... + (A1 An)2 = 14 R2 , find the number of sides in the polygon.
cos 3  cos 3
Q.3 Prove that: = (cos + cos) cos() – (sin + sin) sin()
2 cos(   )  1
Q.4 Without using the surd value for sin 180 or cos 360 , prove that 4 sin 360 cos 180 = 5
sin x sin3x sin9x 1
Q.5 Show that ,    (tan27x  tanx)
cos3x cos9x cos27x 2
x y z 4xyz
  
Q.6 If xy + yz + zx = 1, show that 1  x 1  y 1  z
2 2 2

1  x 2 1  y2 1  z2 .   
2
Q.7 If = , prove that tan . tan 2  + tan 2 . tan 4  + tan 4 . tan  =  7.
7
 cosx
Q.8 For 0 < x < prove that , 2 > 8.
4 sin x(cosx sinx )
2 7  2 3 7
Q.9 (a) If  = prove that, sin  + sin 2 + sin 4 = (b) sin . sin . sin =
7 2 7 7 7 8
88
1 cos k
Q.10 Let k = 1°, then prove that  cos nk · cos(n  1)k =
sin 2 k
n 0
3
Q.11 Prove that the value of cos A + cos B + cos C lies between 1 & where A + B + C = .
2
Q.12 If cosA = tanB, cosB = tanC and cosC = tanA , then prove that sinA = sinB = sinC = 2 sin18°.
3  cos x
Q.13 Show that  x R can not have any value between  2 2 and 2 2 . What inference
sin x
sin x
can you draw about the values of ?
3  cos x
 5
Q.14 If (1 + sin t)(1 + cos t) = . Find the value of (1 – sin t)(1 – cos t).
4
sin 4  cos4  1 sin 8  cos8  1
Q.15 Prove that from the equality   follows the relation ;  3 
a b a b a 3
b a b3 .
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° = 5 5 1/ 2  3 5 1/ 2 . 
A B C
Q.19 If A+B+C = ; prove that tan2 + tan2 + tan2  1.
2 2 2
A B C 1
Q.20 If A+B+C =  (A , B , C > 0) , prove that sin . sin . sin  .
2 2 2 8
Q.21 Show that elliminating x & y from the equations , sin x + sin y = a ;
8ab
cos x + cos y = b & tan x + tan y = c gives 2 2 2 = c.

a b  4a 2 
Q.22 Determine the smallest positive value of x (in degrees) for which
tan(x + 100°) = tan(x + 50°) tan x tan (x – 50°).
1 7
Q.23 If sin x cos y = and 3 tan x = 4 tan y then show that sin(x + y) = .
4 16
            
Q.24 If + +  =  & tan   · tan   · tan   = 1, then prove that;
 4   4   4 
  
1 + cos  + cos  + cos  = 0.
Q.25  x  R, find the range of the function, f (x) = cos x (sin x + sin 2 x  sin 2  ) ;   [0, ]

ANSWER SHEET
ASSIGNMENT–I
5
Q 5. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) (f) 3
4
13
Q 9. (a) ymax = 11 ; ymin = 1 (b) ymax = ; ymin =  1, (c) 49
3
Q 11. (a) max = 2 sin (c/2), (b) max. = sin2 (c/2), (c) min = 2 tan (c/2), (d) min = 2 cosec (c/2)
 56 mn
Q 12. Q20. (i) , (ii)  Q.22 n = 23
4 33 2 m  n

ASSIGNMENT–II
 1 1  13
Q.2 n = 7 Q.13  2 2 , 2 2  Q.14  10 Q.22 x = 30°
  4
Q.25 – 1  sin 2   y  1  sin 2 