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Prayas JEE 2025

Trigonometry Formula Sheet
Compound Angle C & D Formula
• sin ( A + B ) = sin A  cos B + cos A  sin B C+D C−D
• sin C + sin D = 2sin cos
2 2
• sin ( A − B ) = sin A  cos B − cos A  sin B
C+D C−D
• sin C − sin D = 2cos sin
• cos ( A + B ) = cos A  cos B − sin A  sin B 2 2
• cos ( A − B ) = cos A  cos B + sin A  sin B C+D C−D
• cos C + cos D = 2cos cos
2 2
tan A + tan B
• tan ( A + B ) = C+D D −C
1 − tan A  tan B • cos C − cos D = 2sin sin
2 2
tan A − tan B
• tan ( A − B ) =
1 + tan A  tan B First Three Friends in Trigonometry
cot A  cot B − 1 
• cot ( A + B ) = • F1 : If A + B = then (1 + tan A)(1 + tan B ) = 2
cot A + cot B 4
cot A  cot B + 1 • F2 : sin  + sin(120 + ) + sin(240 + ) = 0
• cot ( A − B ) =
cot B − cot A • F3 : cos  + cos(120 + ) + cos(240 + ) = 0
  1 + tan 
• tan  +   =
4  1 − tan  Trigonometrical Ratios of an Angle 2θ in Terms of θ
  1 − tan  2tan 
• tan  −   = • sin 2 = 2sin  cos  =
4  1 + tan  1 + tan 2 
• (sin A + cos A)2 = 1 + sin 2 A • cos2 = cos2  − sin2  = 2cos2  −1 = 1 − 2sin2 
1 − tan 2 
• (sin A − cos A) = 1 − sin 2 A
2
=
1 + tan 2 
sin ( A + B ) 2tan 
• tan A + tan B = • tan 2 =
cos A  cos B 1 − tan 2 
sin ( A − B )
• tan A − tan B =
cos A  cos B Playing with cos (2θ)
• 1 + cos2 = 2cos2 
Product to Sum/Difference
• 1 − cos2 = 2sin2 
• 2sin A  cos B = sin ( A + B ) + sin ( A − B )
1 − cos2
• = tan 
• 2cos A  sin B = sin ( A + B ) − sin ( A − B ) sin 2
• 2cos A  cos B = cos ( A + B ) + cos ( A − B ) 1 + cos 2
• = cot 
sin 2
• 2sin A  sin B = cos ( A − B ) − cos ( A + B ) 1 − cos 2
• = tan 2 
1 + cos 2
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T-Ratios of an Angle 3θ in terms of θ Value at some Golden Angles....

• sin3 = 3sin  − 4sin  3  2 5 −1
• sin18 = sin = cos72 = cos =
• cos3 = 4cos3  − 3cos  10 5 4
3tan  − tan 2   3 5 +1
• tan3 = • cos36 = cos = sin54 = sin =
1 − 3tan 2  5 10 4
 5
• sin15 = cos75 = sin = cos
Hamaray Sath(8) Yaar 12 12
1 3 −1 6− 2
• Y1 : sin  sin(60 − )sin(60 + ) = sin3 = =
4 2 2 4
1
• Y2 : cos  cos(60 − )cos(60 + ) = cos3  5
• cos15 = sin 75 = cos = sin
4 12 12
• Y3 : tan  tan(60 − ) tan(60 + ) = tan3 3 +1 6+ 2
= =
• Y4 : cot  cot(60 − )cot(60 + ) = cot 3 2 2 4
• Y5 : tan  + tan(60 + ) + tan(120 + ) = 3tan 3  5
• tan15 = tan = cot 75 = cot =2− 3
• Y6 : cot  + cot(60 + ) + cot(120 + ) = 3cot 3 12 12
• Y7 : cot + tan = 2cosec2  5
• cot15 = cot = tan 75 = tan =2+ 3
• Y8 : cot  − tan  = 2cot 2 12 12

Golden Point....  3
• tan 22.5 = tan = cot 67.5 = cot = 2 −1
 a sin x b cos x  8 8
• a sin x + b cos x = a 2 + b2  + 
 2   3
 a +b a 2 + b2 • cot 22.5 = cot = tan 67.5 = tan = 2 +1
2

8 8
= a2 + b2 (sin  sin x + cos  cos x )
▪ sin  = 0,  ∈ n
• a sin x + b cos x = a2 + b2 cos ( x − )
▪ cosec  is ND,  ∈ n
• a sin x + b cos x  − a2 + b2 , a2 + b2  ▪ cot  is ND,  ∈ n
 
▪ tan  = 0,  ∈ n
• a sin x + b cos x MAX = a2 + b2 ▪ cos  = 1,  ∈ (Even ), cos  = –1,  ∈ (Odd )
• a sin x + b cos x MIN = − a2 + b2 ▪ sec  = 1,  ∈ (Even ), cos  = –1,  ∈ (Odd )

▪ sin θ = 1, θ ∈
( 4n + 1) 
Meaning of  and  2
( means summation)
▪ sin θ = –1, θ ∈
( 4n − 1) 
n
•  cos r = cos  + cos 2 + cos3 + .... + cos n 2
r =1
▪ cosec θ = 1, θ ∈
( 4n + 1) 
( means product) 2
n
( 4n − 1) 
• sin(r) = sin  sin 2 sin 3....sin n ▪ cosec θ = –1, θ ∈
2
r =1

▪ cos θ = 0, θ ∈
( 2n + 1) 
Golden Point 2
n
•  cos(2r −1 ) ▪ cot θ = 0, θ ∈
( 2n + 1) 
r =1 2
sin 2 ( 2n + 1) 
= cos  cos2 cos22  cos23 ....cos2n+1 = ▪ sec , tan  = ND, θ ∈
2n sin  2
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Conditional Identities Splitting the nth term as Difference of Two Terms

Note: If A + B + C =  sin ( A − B )
Observe!! = cot B − cot A
• sin (A + B) = sin ( – C) = sin C sin Asin B
• cos (B + C) = cos ( – A) = – cos A sin ( A − B )
• tan (C + A) = tan ( – B) = – tan B = = tan A − tan B
cos Acos B
 A+ B   −C   C C
• cos   = cos   = cos  −  = sin
 2   2  2 2 2 sin ( − )
Nichood!! = cot − cot
 A+ B 
• sin  
 − A
= sin  
  A
= cos  −  = − cos
A (sin )
 sin
 2   2  2 2 2
sin ( − )
= tan − tan
1. tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A tan B tan C ( cos  cos )
A B B C C A
2. tan  tan + tan  tan + tan  tan = 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
The Legendary Gola Method
3. cot A cot B + cot B cot C + cot C cot A = 1
1
A B C A B C → tending to zero → 
4. cot + cot + cot = cot  cot  cot very small +ve
2 2 2 2 2 2
sin 2 A + sin 2B + sin 2C = 4sin A sin B sin C 1
5. → tending to zero → –
6. cos 2 A + cos 2B + cos 2C = −1 − 4cos A cos B cos C very small –ve
A B
7. sin A + sin B + sin C = 4cos cos cos C Optimization:
2 2
Hathiyaar 1:
 Using boundaries of sine and cosine
• If A + B = or 30° then (1 + tan A) (1 + tan B) = 4
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Hathiyaar 2:
Summation of Trigonometric Series
S = sin a + sin (a + d) + sin (a + 2d) .... sin (a + (n – 1)d) Using − a2 + b2  a sin x + b cos x  a2 + b2
  a + a + (n − 1)d  nd  used when argument of sin & cos are equal.
sin    sin 2 
=  
2  Hathiyaar 3:
 d 
 sin
2  If the argument of sin and cos are different or we are
given a quadrant in sin/cos, then we make a perfect
S = cos a + cos (a + d) + cos (a + 2d)....cos (a + (n – 1)d)
square.
  a + a + (n − 1)d  nd 
cos    sin 
=  
2 2 Hathiyaar 4:
 d  Making use of reciprocal relationship of sin/cosec,
 sin
2 
cos/sec, tan/cot.

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