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RECAP OF SOLVING IDEAS

cos 4  sin4 
4. If   1, prove that
cos 2  sin2 

cos 2  sin4 
i) sin4   sin4   2sin2  sin2  ii)  1
cos 4  sin2 
5. If ,  and  are acute angles such that cos   tan ,cos   tan  and cos   tan , prove that

5 1
sin   sin   sin  
2

6. If tan       n tan      , show that  n  1 sin 2   n  1 sin 2.,

3
7. If cos       cos       cos        , prove that
2
cos   cos   cos   sin   sin   sin   0

8. If  and  are the solutions of a cos   b sin   c, then show that

a 2  b2
i) cos       ii) cos      

2c 2  a 2  b2 
a 2  b2 a 2  b2
tan  A  B  sin2 C
9. If   1, Then prove that tan A, tan C, tan B are in G.P.
tan A sin2 A
sin      1 m    
10. If  , prove that tan     tan      m
cos      1 m 4  4 
11. Show that
1
i) sin  sin  60    sin  60     sin3
4
1
ii) cos  cos  60    cos  60     cos 3
4
iii) tan  tan  60    tan  60     tan3
Hence find the values of the following.

iv) sin 6 sin 42 sin 66 sin 78

v) tan 6 tan 42 tan 66 tan 78 

vi) sin 20 sin 40 sin 60 sin 80

vii) cos10 cos 30 cos 50  cos 70

12. Show that


1
i) sin  sin  60    sin 120     sin 3
4
1
ii) cos  cos  60    sin 120      cos 3
4
1
iii) sin  sin  240    sin 120      sin3
4
1
iv) cos  cos  240    cos 120      cos 3
4

13. Show that


3
i) sin3   sin3  60     sin3  240      sin3
4
3
ii) cos3   cos 3 120      cos 3  240     cos 3
4
Hence, find the values of the following
iii) sin3 10   sin3 50  sin3 70
iv) cos3 20  cos3 40  cos 3 80
sin3 6  sin3 54  sin3 66
v)
cos 3 12  cos 3 48  cos 3 72
14. Prove that
i) tan x  tan  60  x   tan  60  x   3 tan 3x

ii) cot x  cot  60  x   cot  60  x   3 cot 3x

Hence, find the values of the following

 tan10  tan 70  tan50 


 2
iii)

iv) cot10  cot 70  cot 50 


15. If x  y  z  xyz , prove that:

2x 2y 2z 8xyz
i)   
1 x 2
1 y 2
1 z 2
 
1  x 1  y2 1  z2
2
 
2x 2y 2z 8xyz
ii)   
1  x2 1  y2 1  z2  
1  x 1  y2 1  z2
2
 
16. Find the values of the following
i) 3 tan6 10  27 tan4 10  33 tan2 10
ii) tan6 10  27 tan4 20  27 tan2 20
  
iii) tan3  3 tan2  3 tan
12 12 12

1     
iv) tan tan 2  tan 2 tan 3  tan 1 tan 3
3 3 3 3 3 3

1    3 
where tan , tan 2 , tan 3 are the solutions of tan   ,    , 3 
3 3 3  2 
1 
v)  tan tan 2
4 4

1   
where tan , tan 2 , tan 3 , tan 4 are the solutions of tan   ,    2, 4 
4 4 4 4
Sol: i) 1
ii) 3
iii) 1
iv) 3

i) 6
n
17. Suppose that sin3 x sin3x  c
m 0
m cos mx is an identity in x, where c 0 , c1 , c 2 ,...c n are

constants and c n  0 . Find the value of n.


Sol: n 6.

18. Show that


 3 5 1
i) cos  cos  cos 
7 7 7 2
 3 3 5  5 1
ii) cos cos  cos cos  cos cos 
7 7 7 7 7 7 2
 3 5  1
iii) cos cos cos 
7 7 7 8
 3 5
Hence, deduce that cos , cos , cos are the roots of the equation 8x 3  4x 2  4x  1  0
7 7 7
 3 5 
19. Show that the following for the angles , ,
7 7 7
  3
i)  sec 4 ii)  sec sec  4
7 7 7
 3 5 
iii) sec sec sec  8 iv)  sec 2  24
7 7 7 7
 3  3 5
v)  sec 2 sec 2  80 vi) sec 2 sec2 sec2  64
7 7 7 7 7
  3
vii)  tan2  21 viii)  tan2 tan2  35
7 7 7
 3 5
ix) tan2 tan2 tan2 7
7 7 7
20. Show that
2 4 4 8 2 8
i) sin sin  sin sin  sin sin 0
7 7 7 7 7 7
2 4 8 7
ii) sin2  sin2  sin2 
7 7 7 4
2 4 8 7
iii) sin  sin  sin 
7 7 7 2
2 4 8 7
iv) sin sin sin 
7 7 7 8
 2 3
v) cos ec 2  cos ec 2  cos ec 2 8
7 7 7
21. If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle, then prove that
A B C A B C
sin2  sin2  sin2  1  2sin sin sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
hence prove the following
A B C 1 A B C 3
i) sin sin sin  ii) sin2  sin2  sin2 
2 2 2 8 2 2 2 4
A B C 9 3
iii) cos 2  cos 2  cos2  iv) 1  cos A  cos B  cos B 
2 2 2 4 2
1 A B C 3 3
v) cos A cos B cos C  vi) cos cos cos 
8 2 2 2 8
9 3
vii) sin2 A  sin2 B  sin2 C  viii) cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C 
4 4
3 3 3
ix) sin A sin B sin C  x) cos 2A  cos 2B  cos 2C  
8 2
3 3 3 3
xi) sin 2A  sin 2B  sin 2C  xii) sin A  sin B  sin C 
2 2
A B C A B C
xiii) cos ec  cos ec  cos ec  6 xiv) sec 2  sec2  sec2  12
2 2 2 2 2 2
xv) cos ecA  cos ecB  cos ecC  2 3
A B C
xvi) cot cot cot  3 3
2 2 2
A B C B
xvii) tan , tan , tan are in H.P., then find the minimum value of cot
2 2 2 2

xviii) B  and sin A sin C   . Find the set of all possible values of  .
3
A B C
xix) tan2  tan2  tan2  1
2 2 2
xx) tan A tanB tanC  3 3

 A B BC CA


cos   cos   cos  
xxi)  2   2   2  6
 A B BC C A
cos   cos   cos  
 2   2   2 

22. Find the sum of n terms of the following Trigonometrical series


1 1 1
i)    ..... to n terms
sin  sin 2 sin 2 sin 3 sin 3 sin 4
ii) tan  sec 2  tan2 sec 4  tan4  tan4 sec 8  .... to n terms.
iii) tan x tan2x  tan2x tan3x  ...  tannx tan  n  1 x

1 1 1 1
iv)    ... 
cos   cos 3 cos   cos 5 cos   cos 7 cos   cos  2n  1 
 2  4  4  3n
v) cos 4   cos 4      cos      ... to n terms 
 n   n  8

 2  2  4  2 
vi) sin2   sin2      sin      ...  sin    2  n  1 
 n   n   n 
1
Sol: i) cot   cot  n  1  
sin  
ii)  tan 2n   tan 

tan  n  1 x
iii)    n  1
tan x
cot   cot  n  1 
iv) 
2sin 
3n
v) 
8

n
vi) 
2

23. Prove the following


89
1
i) 
r 1 sin r sin  r  1
 
 cos ec1 cot1

88
cot2 1   tan r  tan  r  1  89

ii)
r 1
n
  
iii) 
K 1
tan K sec K 1  tan   tan n
2 2 2

 
iv)  tan 2
K 1
K
sec
2
 tan 
K 1

   
 3sin3 2  32 sin3 3  ...upto n terms  3n sin n  sin 
1
v) sin3
3 3 3 4 3 
Sol: do yourself

24. Find the average of n sin n if n  2, 4, 6, 8,...180


Sol: Cot 10

25. Find the roots of the following cubic equation


2x3  3x 2 cos  A  B  2x cos2  A  B  sin2A . sin2B  cos  A  B  0 .

1
Sol: roots are, 2cos A cos B, 2sin A sin B and  cos  A  B .
2

26. i) If A  0, B  0, A  B  and y  tan A, tanB then find the range of y.
3
ii) Find the minimum vertical distance between the graphs of y  2  sin x and y  cos x
iii) Find the minimum value of the function
f  x    3sin x  4cos x  10 3sin x  4cos x  10

Find the range of cos  cos   sin  sin  


2 2
iv)

v) If the minimum value of sin x  cos x  tan x  cot x sec x  cos ecx , x  R is m n

then find m  n  m, n  Z 

1
Sol: i) y . Also, tan A tan B  0 .
3
ii) d min  min  2  sin x  cos x   2  2

f(x)   5sin x  6  48
2
iii)

 f  x min occurs when sin x  1

Range  cos 1, 1  sin 1 .


2 2
iv)

v)  y min  2 2  1  8  1
 mn7

sec 2   tan  1
27. Show that lies between and 3 for all values of  .
sec 2   tan  3

28. Find the maximum and minimum values of a 2 cos 2 x  b 2 sin2 x  a 2 sin2 x  b2 cos 2 x

Sol: 
a  b  a 2 cos 2 x  b2 sin2 x  a 2 sin2 x  b2 cos 2 x  2 a 2  b2 

29. 
Show that for varying  and fixed , the expression cos  sin   sin2   sin2  
always lies between - 1  sin2  and 1  sin2  .

Sol:  
 1  sin2   cos  sin   sin2   sin2   1  sin2  For all  .

30. Find the range of the following functions.


1 1
i) sin x  cos x ii) iii)
3sin x  4cos x  cos 2 x 3sin x  sin x cos x  cos 2 x
2

Sol: i)  2  sin x  cos x  2

 1  1 
ii)  Range   ,     ,  
 3 7 
 2 2 
iii)  , 
4  5 4  5 
31. Prove the following

i) If 0     then cot  1  cot 
2
 n  1
2

ii) If tan   ntan   n  0 then tan2      


4n
1
1
iii) 2sin x  2cos x  2 2
for all real values of x.

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