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TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTIES : SHEET - 3

Half angles & Multiple angles
LEVEL - 1

1. Prove that tan A + cot A = 2 cosec 2 A

1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) A B

2. Prove that = tan cot
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 2

3
3. Prove that sin 20º sin 40º sin 60º sin 80º 
16

sin  sin 3  sin 9  1

4. Prove that cos 3   cos 9   cos 27   2 (tan 27   tan )

3 A 5A
5. If cos A = then find the value of sin sin .
4 2 2
4  sec 20
6. Compute the square of the value of the expression .
cosec 20

cos 5A sin 5A
7. If   a + b cos 4A, then find the value of (a + b).
cos A sin A

8. If x + y = 3 – cos4 and x – y = 4 sin2 then

(A) x4 + y4 = 9 (B) x  y 16
(C) x3 + y3 = 2(x2 + y2) (D) x  y 2

9. The value of x satisfying the equation, x = 2  2  2  x is

(A) 2 cos 10° (B) 2 cos 20° (C) 2 cos 40° (D) 2 cos 80°

10. The value of cot x + cot (60º + x) + cot (120º + x) is equal to :

3  9 tan 2 x
(A) cot 3x (B) tan 3x (C) 3 tan 3x (D)
3 tan x  tan 3 x

LEVEL-2

1 1 1 1 1 1 
1. The value of the expression y =    cos 8 when  = simplifies to
2 2 2 2 2 2 12
(One or more options may be correct)
(A) a pure surd (B) a compound surd (C) a rational number (D) an irrational number
2. If x = sec  tan  and y = cosec + cot  then (One or more options may correct)
y 1 1 x y 1
(A) x = (B) y = (C) x = (D) xy + x  y + 1 = 0
y 1 1 x y 1

3. If cos x + cos y = a, cos 2x + cos 2y = b, cos3x + cos3y = c, then

(One or more options may be correct)
 b a2  b  2 
(A) cos2x + cos2y =
1+ (B) cos x · cos y = – 
2 2  4 
(C) 2a3 + c = 3a (1 + b) (D) a + b + c = 3 abc
4. Which of the following statements are always correct? (where Q denotes the set of rationals)
(One or more options may be correct)
(A) cos 2 Q and sin 2  Q  tan   Q (if defined)
(B) tan  Q  sin 2, cos 2 and tan 2  Q (if defined)
(C) if sin   Q and cos  Q  tan 3  Q (if defined)
(D) if sin   Q  cos 3  Q
5. Find the exact value of the expression
sin 40 sin 80 sin 20
T=   .
sin 80 sin 20 sin 40
6.  and  are the positive acute angles and satisfying simultaneously the equation
5 sin 2 = 3 sin 2 and tan  = 3 tan ,
find the value of tan  + tan .
2
  2
 2  1  sin
l n ex
7. Find the number of solutions of the equation    7 .
  e     
2
 ln  2    sin  cos 
 x   7 7

8. The set of values of ‘a’ for which the equation, cos 2x + a sin x = 2a  7 possess a solution is
(A) (, 2) (B) [2, 6] (C) (6, ) (D) ()

9. One side of a rectangular piece of paper is 6 cm, the adjacent sides being longer
than 6 cms. One corner of the paper is folded so that it sets on the opposite longer
side. If the length of the crease is l cms and it makes an angle  with the long side
as shown, then l is
3 6
(A) (B)
sin  cos2  2
sin cos 
3 3
(C) (D)
sin  cos  sin 3 

sin k x  cos k x
10. Let fk(x) = then f4(x) – f6(x) is equal to
k
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
(A)  cos 2 2x (B)  sin 2 x (C)  cos2 x (D)
4 6 12 4 3 4 12
 ANSWER - SHEET - 3
LEVEL - 1

1  tan 2 A  1  tan 2 A  2
1. L.H.S. tan A + cot A = = 2  2 tan A  = = 2 cosec 2 A
tan A   sin 2A

A A A 
2 sin 2  2 sin sin  B 
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 2 2 
2. L.H.S. =
1  cos A  cos B  cos( A  B) 2 A A A 
2 cos  2 cos cos  B 
2 2  2 

 A A   A B B 
 sin  sin  B    2 sin cos  
A 2 2  A  2  2  A B
= tan  = tan = tan cot
2  A A  2  A  B B  2 2
 cos 2  cos 2  B    2 sin 2 sin 2  
     
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3. We know that sin  (60º  ) sin (60º  )  sin 3 
4

1 3
Let   20 º  sin 20 º sin 40º sin 80º sin 60º  sin 2 60 º 
4 16

sin  1 2 sin  · cos  1 sin 2

4. Here, cos 3   2 · cos 3  · cos   2 cos 3  · cos 

1 sin (3  ) 1
  (tan 3  tan )
2 cos 3 cos  2

sin 3  1 sin 9 1
Similarly cos 9   2 (tan 9  tan 3) and cos 27   2 (tan 27  tan 9)

1
 Required sum = (tan 27  tan )
2

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5.
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6. 3
7. 6
8. D
9. C
10. D
LEVEL - 2
1. B, D
2. B, C, D
3. A, B, C
4. A, B, C
5. 3
6. 4
7. 2
8. B
9. A
10. D