100 TRIGONOMETRY PROBLEMS
I. BASIC TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS & RIGHT TRIANGLES
1. Find sin(θ), cos(θ), and tan(θ) for a right triangle with opposite side 3 and
adjacent side 4.
2. If cos(θ) = 5/13, find sin(θ) and tan(θ) in a right triangle.
3. An angle θ in a right triangle has tan(θ) = 1. What are the values of sin(θ) and
cos(θ)?
4. A ladder 10 meters long leans against a wall, making an angle of 60° with the
ground. How high up the wall does the ladder reach?
5. Find the angle of elevation to the top of a flagpole from a point 50 meters away,
if the flagpole is 20 meters tall.
6. A right triangle has legs of length 5 and 12. Find the sine of the angle opposite
the leg of length 5.
7. If sin(θ) = 0.6, find cos(θ) and tan(θ) for an acute angle θ.
8. A boat is observed from the top of a lighthouse 100 feet high. The angle of
depression is 30°. How far is the boat from the base of the lighthouse?
9. Find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 7 and 24.
10. If tan(α) = 1/2, find the length of the adjacent side and hypotenuse if the
opposite side is 3.
11. Calculate the height of a tree if its shadow is 40 feet long and the angle of
elevation to the sun is 45°.
12. In a right triangle, sin(A) = 3/5. Find cos(A) and tan(A).
13. A kite is flying at the end of a 150-foot string. The angle of elevation from the
person holding the string to the kite is 55°. How high is the kite?
14. If cos(B) = 8/17, find sin(B) and tan(B) where B is an acute angle.
15. The angle of elevation to the top of a building from a point on the ground 100
feet away is 60°. Find the height of the building.
16. Find the sine of the angle adjacent to the leg of length 8 in a right triangle with
legs 6 and 8.
17. If tan(γ) = 3/4, find sin(γ) and cos(γ) for an acute angle γ.
18. A bird is perched on top of a tree 50 feet tall. The angle of depression from the
bird to a person on the ground is 25°. How far is the person from the base of the
tree?
19. A right triangle has sides 9, 40, 41. Find the tangent of the angle opposite the
side of length 9.
20. Find the angle of depression from the top of a 200-foot cliff to a boat 500 feet
from the base of the cliff.
II. UNIT CIRCLE, RADIANS & DEGREES
21. Convert 180° to radians.
22. Convert π/4 radians to degrees.
23. Find the sine of 270°.
24. Evaluate cos(3π/2).
25. What is tan(π)?
26. Find the reference angle for 210°.
27. What is the reference angle for 5π/6 radians?
28. Evaluate sin(-90°).
29. Find cos(-π).
30. What is tan(3π)?
31. Convert 120° to radians.
32. Convert 5π/3 radians to degrees.
33. Find the cosine of 135°.
34. Evaluate sin(450°).
35. What is tan(-45°)?
36. Find the coordinates of the point on the unit circle corresponding to an angle of
210°.
37. What angle in radians corresponds to the point (0, -1) on the unit circle?
38. Evaluate sin(7π/6).
39. Find cos(5π/4).
40. What is tan(2π/3)?
III. TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES
41. Prove the Pythagorean identity: sin²(θ) + cos²(θ) = 1.
42. Simplify the expression: (1 - cos²(θ)) / sin(θ).
43. Verify the identity: tan(θ) * cot(θ) = 1.
44. Rewrite csc(θ) in terms of sin(θ).
45. Simplify: sec(θ) / csc(θ).
46. Prove: sin(2θ) = 2sin(θ)cos(θ).
47. Use the sum formula to find cos(75°) = cos(45° + 30°).
48. Simplify: (sin(θ) + cos(θ))².
49. Verify: tan(θ) + cot(θ) = sec(θ)csc(θ).
50. Rewrite cos(θ - π/2) using cofunction identities.
51. Simplify: sin(θ)sec(θ).
52. Prove the double angle identity for tangent: tan(2θ) = 2tan(θ) / (1 - tan²(θ)).
53. Use the difference formula to find sin(15°) = sin(45° - 30°).
54. Simplify: 1 + tan²(θ).
55. Verify: (1 + tan(θ))² = sec²(θ) + 2tan(θ).
56. Rewrite sin(θ + π) using angle addition formulas.
57. Simplify: cot(θ) / csc(θ).
58. Prove the half-angle identity for sine: sin(θ/2) = ±√((1 - cos(θ))/2).
59. Use the product-to-sum formula for 2sin(A)cos(B).
60. Simplify the expression: cos(3θ). (Hint: Use cos(2θ + θ)).
IV. SOLVING TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
61. Solve for x: sin(x) = 1/2 in the interval [0, 2π).
62. Find all solutions for cos(x) = -1/2 in the interval [0°, 360°).
63. Solve tan(x) = √3 for x in the interval [0, π).
64. Find the general solution for sin(x) = 0.
65. Solve 2cos(x) - 1 = 0 for x in the interval [0, 2π).
66. Find all solutions for sin²(x) - 1 = 0.
67. Solve tan(x) = -1 in the interval [0, 2π).
68. Find the general solution for cos(x) = 1.
69. Solve 2sin(x)cos(x) = 1.
70. Find solutions for sin(2x) = √3/2 in [0, 2π).
71. Solve cos(x) = sin(x) for x in [0, 2π).
72. Find the general solution for tan(x) = 0.
73. Solve 4sin²(x) = 3 for x in [0, π).
74. Find all solutions for cos(x) = -1.
75. Solve 3tan(x) + 3 = 0 in the interval [0°, 360°).
76. Find the general solution for sin(x) = -1.
77. Solve cos(2x) = 1/2 for x in [0, π).
78. Find all solutions for sin(x) = cos(x) + 1.
79. Solve tan(x) = sin(x) for x in [0, 2π), excluding x=0.
80. Find the general solution for cos(x) = 0.
V. GRAPHS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
81. What is the amplitude of y = 3sin(x)?
82. What is the period of y = cos(2x)?
83. Find the phase shift of y = sin(x - π/4).
84. What is the vertical shift of y = cos(x) + 2?
85. Sketch the graph of y = tan(x). Identify its asymptotes.
86. Describe the transformations applied to y = sin(x) to get y = -2sin(x + π/2) - 1.
87. What is the amplitude of y = -4cos(3x)?
88. What is the period of y = tan(x/2)?
89. Find the phase shift of y = cos(x + π).
90. What is the vertical shift of y = sin(x) - 3?
VI. INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
91. Evaluate arcsin(1/2).
92. Find arctan(–1).
93. What is arccos(0)?
94. Evaluate arcsin(–√3/2).
95. Find arctan(–√3).
96. What is arccos(1/2)?
97. Evaluate arctan(0).
98. Find arcsin(–1).
99. Evaluate arccos(–√2/2).
100. Find arctan(1/√3).