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TRIGONOMETRY

3cos 36o  5sin18o a 5 b


1. If the value of o o
is , where a, b, c are natural numbers and gcd(a, c) = 1,
5cos 36  3sin18 c
then a + b + c is equal to : [JEE-Main 080424_S2]
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 52 (d) 54
1
1 x 
2. If tan A  , tan B  and tan C = (x 3  x 2  x 1 ) 2 , 0 < A, B, C < , then
x(x 2  x  1) x2  x 1 2
A + B is equal to : [JEE-Main 010224_S1]

(a) C (b)   C (c) 2  C (d) C
2

 
3. For ,   0,  , let 3sin(  )  2sin(  ) and a real number k be such that tan   k tan .
 2
Then the value of k is equal to : [JEE-Main 300124_S2]
2 2
(a)  (b) -5 (c) (d) 5
3 3

3cos 36o  5sin18o a 5 b


4. If the value of o o
is , where a, b, c are natural numbers and gcd(a, c) = 1,
5cos 36  3sin18 c
then a + b + c is equal to : [JEE-Main 080424_S2]
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 52 (d) 54
1
1 x 
5. It tan A = , tan B  and tan C = (x 3  x 2  x 1 ) 2 , 0 < A, B, C < ,
2
x(x  x  1) 2
x  x 1 2
then A + B is equal to : [JEE-Main_010224_S1]

(a) C (b)  – C (c) 2 – C (d) C
2

 
6. For ,   0,  , let 3 sin (  ) = 2sin(  ) and a real number k be such that tan   k tan .
 2
Then the value of k is equal to : [JEE-Main_300124_S2]
2 2
(a)  (b) -5 (c) (d) 5
3 3
7. The set of all values of  for which the equation cos22x – 2 sin4 x – 2 cos2 x = 
[JEE-Main_290123_S2]

 3  1  3 
(a) [–2, –1] (b)  2,   (c)  1,   (d)   , 1
 2  2  2 

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5 3 
8. If cot   1 and sec    , where     and    , then the value of tan(  ) and the
3 2 2
quadrant in which    lies, respectively are [JEE-Main_280622_S2]

1
(a)  and IVth quadrant (b) 7 and Ist quadrant
7
1
(c) -7 and IVth quadrant (d) and Ist quadrant
7

    
9.  2


Let S   [0, 2]:82sin   16 . Then n(S)    s ec   2  cos ec   2   is equal to :
S  4  4 
[JEE-Main_260722_S1]
(a) 0 (b) -2 (c) -4 (d) 12

    3   5   7   9 
10. 2sin   sin   sin   sin   sin   is equal to : [JEE-Main_250722_S2]
 22   22   22   22   22 
3 1 1 9
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 16 32 32

11. The value of cot is : [JEE-Main_250721_S2]
24

(a) 2  32 6 (b) 2  32 6

(c) 2  3 2 6 (d) 3 2  3  6

   7     5 
12. If tan   , x, tan   are in arithmetic progression and tan   , y, tan   are also in arithmetic
9  18  9  18 
progression, then |x – 2y| is equal to : [JEE-Main_250721_S2]
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
13. Let   max 82sin 3x.4 4cos3x  and   min 82sin 3x.44cos3x  . If 8x2 + bx + c = 0 is a quadratic equation
xR xR
1/5 1/5
whose roots are  and  , then the value of c – b is equal to : [JEE-Main_270721_S2]
(a) 42 (b) 47 (c) 43 (d) 50
14. All possible values of 0  [0, 2 ] for which sin 2  tan 2  0 lie in : [JEE-Main_250221_S1]

    3       3   7 
(a)  0,    ,  (b)  0,    ,    , 
 2  2   2 2 2   6 

     3   3 11       3   5   3 7 
(c)  0,    ,    ,  (d)  0,    ,    ,    , 
 4 2 4   2 6   4 2 4   4   2 4 

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2 2
15. The number of roots of the equation, (81)sin x  (81)cos x  30 in the interval [0, ] is equal to :
[JEE-Main_160321_S1]
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2

16. The number of solution of the equation x + 2 tan x  in the interval [0, 2π] is :
2
[JEE-Main_170321_S2]
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
17. If 15sin 4   10 cos 4   6, for some   R , then the value of 27sec6   8cos ec8 is equal to :
[JEE-Main_180321_S2]
(a) 350 (b) 500 (c) 400 (d) 250
18. cosec 18o is a root of the equation : [JEE-Main_310821_S1]
(a) x2 + 2x – 4 = 0 (b) 4x2 + 2x – 1 = 0
(c) x2 – 2x + 4 = 0 (d) x2 – 2x – 4 = 0
2 2 
19. The number of solution of the equation 32 tan x
 32sec x
 81, 0  x  is : [JEE-Main_310821_S2]
4
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2
3
20. If 0 < x, y   and cos x + cos y – cos (x + y) = , then sin x + cos y is equal to :
2
[JEE-Main_250221_S2]

1 1 3 3 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
Integer Type Questions
21. The value of 36(4 cos2 9o – 1) (4 cos2 27o – 1) (4 cos2 81o – 1) (4 cos2 243o – 1) is
[JEE-Main_080423_S2]
22. If the line x = y = z intersects the line x sin A + y sin B + z sin C – 18 = 0 = x sin 2A + y sin 2B + z
 A B C
sin 2C – 9, where A, B, C are the angles of a triangle ABC, then 80  sin sin sin  is equal
 2 2 2
to ___. [JEE-Main_150423_S2]
 2 4 8 16
23. 96 cos cos cos cos cos is equal to [JEE-Main_100423_S1]
33 33 33 33 33
24. The value of tan 9o – tan 27o – tan 63o + tan 81o is [JEE-Main_080423_S1]

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25. If m and n respectively are the numbers of positive and negative value of  in the interval [–π, π]
 9
that satisfy the equation cos 2 cos  cos 3 cos , then mn is equal to ______.
2 2
[JEE-Main_250123_S2]
1
26. If sin2 (10o) sin (20o) sin (40o) sin (50o) sin (70o ) =   sin(10o ), then 16   1 is equal to ____.
16
[JEE-Main_260622_S1]

  7 
27. The number of values of x in the interval  ,  for which 14 cosec2 x – 2 sin2 x = 21 – 4 cos2 x
4 4 
holds, is
[JEE-Main_250622_S1]

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ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a)

9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (a)

17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. 36 22. 5 23. 3 24. 4

25. 25 26. 80 27. 4

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