MATHEMATICS : VIKAS GUPTA TOPIC : COMPOUND ANGLE

ASSIGNMENT-1
1. The sum of the radii of inscribed and circumscribed circles for an n sided regular polygon of side a, is
[AIEEE 2003]

a     a      
(A) cot  (B) a cot   (C) cot  (D) a cot  
4  2n  n 2  2n   2n 

2. A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the
opposite bank of the river is 60º and when he retires 40 meters away from the tree the angle of elevation
becomes 30º. The breadth of the river is [AIEEE 2004]
(A) 60 m (B) 30 m (C) 40 m (D) 20 m

3. Let  and  be such that  <  –  < 3. If sin  + sin  = –21/65 and cos  + cos  = –27/65, then the value
of cos [( – )/2] is [AIEEE 2004]

3 3 6 6
(A) – (B) (C) (D) –
130 130 65 65

4.
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If u  a 2 cos 2   b 2 sin 2   a 2 sin 2   b 2 cos 2  , then the difference between the maximum and
minimum values of u2 is given by

(A) 2(a2 + b2) (B) 2 a 2  b 2 (C) (a + b)2 (D) (a – b)2

[AIEEE 2004]

5.

(A)
(1 – 7 )
(B)
(4 – 7 )
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If 0 < x <  and cosx + sinx = 1/2, then tanx is

(C) –
(4  7 )
(D)
(1  7 )
[AIEEE 2006]

4 3 3 4

6.
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A tower stands at the centre of a circular park. A and B are two points on the boundary of the park such that
AB (= a) subtends an angle of 60º at the foot of the tower, and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
from A or B is 30º. The height of the tower is [AIEEE 2007]
a 2a
(A) (B) a 3 (C) (D) 2a 3
3 3
7. 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 60º. He moves away from the pole along the line BC to a
point D such that CD = 7 m. From D the angle of elevation of the point A is 45º. Then the heigt of the pole
is [AIEEE 2008]

7 3 1 7 3 7 3 7 3 1
(A) m (B) ( 3  1) m (C) ( 3 – 1) m (D) m
2 3 –1 2 2 2 3 1

8. Let A and B denote the statements

A : cos  + cos  + cos  = 0
B : sin  + sin  + sin  = 0
3
If cos ( – ) + cos ( – ) + cos ( – ) = – , then [AIEEE 2009]
2
(A) A is true and B is false (B) A is false and B is true
(C) Both A and B are true (D) Both A and B are false

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9. For a regular polygon, let r and R be the radii of the inscribed and the circumscribed circles. A false
statement among the following is [AIEEE 2010]
r 1 r 2
(A) There is a regular polygon with R  (B) There is a regular polygon with 
2 R 3

r 3 r 1
(C) There is a regular polygon with  (D) There is a regular polygon with 
R 2 R 2

10. Let cos ( + ) = 4/5 and let sin ( – ) = 5/13, where 0 , /4. Then tan 2 is equal to
[AIEEE 2010]

20 25 56 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 16 33 12

11. If A = sin2x + cos4x, then for all real x [AIEEE 2011]

3 13 3 13
(A) A (B)  A 1 (C)  A 1 (D) 1  A  2
4 16 4 16

12. In a PQR, if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4 sin Q + 3 cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to
[AIEEE 2012]

5   3

VIBRANT ACADEMY
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 6 4 4

tan A cot A
13. The expression + can be written as : [JEE-Mains 2013]
1 – cot A 1 – tan A
(A) secA + cosecA (B) sinA cosA + 1 (C) secA cosecA + 1 (D) tanA + cotA

14. Let fk ( x ) 
1
k VG SIR
(sink x  cosk x ) where x  R and k  1. Then f4(x) – f6(x) equals [JEE-Mains 2014]

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)

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12 6 3 4

15. A bird is sitting on the top of a vertical pole 20 m high and its elevation from a point O on the ground is 45º.
It flies off hoizontally straight away from the point O. After one second, the elevation of the bird from O is
reduced to 30º. Then the speed (in m/s) of the bird is [JEE Main-2014]

(A) 20 2 (B) 20( 3 – 1) (C) 40( 2 – 1) (D) 40( 3 – 2 )

16. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from three collinear points A, B and C on a line leading to the
foot of the tower, are 30º, 45º and 60º respectively, then the ratio, AB : BC, is [JEE Main-2015]

(A) 1 : 3 (B) 2 : 3 (C) 3 :1 (D) 3: 2

17. Let a vertical tower AB have its end A on the level ground. Let C be the mid-point of AB and P be a point on
the ground such that AP = 2AB. If BPC = , then tan is equal to : [JEE-Mains 2017]

2 4 6 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 7 4

18. If 5(tan2x – cos2x) = 2cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos 4x is : [JEE-Mains 2017]

2 7 3 1
(A) (B) – (C) – (D)
9 9 5 3

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 ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. B
8. C 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. C 14. A
15. B 16. C 17. A 18. B

VIBRANT ACADEMY
VG SIR
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