ISHAN INTERNATIONAL GIRLS' SCHOOL

CLASS 12

INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

1. Write the principal value of

–1 –1
(i) sin – 3 2 (ii) cos  3 2 .

–1  1 
(iii) tan  –  (iv) cosec–1 (– 2).
3

–1  1 
(v) cot  . (vi) sec–1 (– 2).
3

1  3 1  1 1
(vii) sin    cos    tan  1 3 
2 2

2. What is value of the following functions (using principal value).

–1  1  –1  2  –1  1 –1  3 
(i) tan   – sec  . (ii) sin  –  – cos  .
3 3 2 2 

–1 –1
(iii) tan–1 (1) – cot–1 (–1). (iv) cosec  2   sec  2.

(v) tan–1 (1) + cot–1 (1) + sin–1 (1).

–1  4  –1  5 
(vi) sin  sin . (vii) tan  tan .
5  6 

–1  3 
(viii) cosec  cosec .
4 

–1  1  cos x  1  cos x   x
3. Show that tan     . x  [0, ]
 1  cos x – 1 – cos x  4 2

1
 4. Prove

1  cos x  1  1  cos x  
tan    cot    x   0,  2  .
1  sin x 1  cos x  4

 2 2 
–1  x  –1 x –1 a  x
5. Prove tan  sin  cos  .
   
 a2 – x 2  a a

6. Prove

–1   –1 8   –1   –1 8   –1  300 
cot  2 tan  cos    tan  2 tan  sin    tan  .
 17   17  161 

 2  2
1 1 x  1 x  1 1 2
7. Prove tan     cos x .
 2 2  4 2
1 x  1 x 

–1 –1 
8. Solve cot 2x  cot 3x  .
4

 m  m  n 
9. Prove that tan1    tan1   , m, n  0
n  m  n  4

1 2 
 2x  1 1  1  y  x y
10. Prove that tan  sin1  
2
 cos  2

 2  1 x 2  1  y   1  xy

 x 2  1 1  2x  2
11. Solve for x, cos1  2   tan1  
 x  1 2  1 x 2  3

1 1 1 1 
12. Prove that tan1  tan1  tan1  tan1 
3 5 7 8 4

13. Solve for x, tan cos 1 x   sin tan1 2 ; x  0

 1  1  32 
14. Prove that 2 tan–1    tan –1    tan –1  
 5  4  43 

2
 1  3 
15. Evaluate tan  cos –1 
2  11 

 a cos x  b sin x   a
16. Prove that tan–1   tan –1    x
 b cos x  a sin x  b

17. Prove that

  1 
cot tan1 x  tan1     cos 1 1  2 x 2   cos 1 2 x 2  1  , x  0
  x

 a b   b c   c a 
18. Prove that tan–1   tan –1   tan –1   0 where a, b,
 1  ab   1  bc   1  ca 
c > 0

19. Solve for x, 2 tan–1(cos x) = tan–1 (2 cosec x)

20. Express 
sin–1 x 1 x  x 1 x 2  in simplest form.

21. If tan–1a + tan–1b + tan–1c =  then

prove that a + b + c = abc

22. If sin–1x > cos–1x, then x belongs to which interval?

ANSWERS

  – –
1. (i) – (ii) (iii) (iv)
3 6 6 6

 2 
(v) (vi) (vii) .
3 3 6

  
2. (i) 0 (ii) (iii)  (iv)
3 2 2

 – 
(v)  (vi) (vii) (viii) .
5 6 4

3
 
8. 1 11. tan  2 3
12

5 11  3
13. 15.
3 3  11


19. x  . 20 sin–1 x – sin–1 x.
4

 1 
22.  , 1
2 

21. Hint: Let tan–1 a = 

tan–1 b = 
tan–1 c = 
then given,       
       
take tangent on both sides,
tan (  ) = tan   