CBSE Important Questions for Class 11 Maths Trigonometric Functions - 2025-26

1 Mark Questions

1. Find the radian measure corresponding to  $ 5{}^\circ \text{ }37'\text{ }30'' $  

Ans- 

Converting the given value to a pure degree form

 $ {{5}^{\circ }}37'30''={{5}^{\circ }}37'\left( \dfrac{30}{60} \right)' $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{5}^{\circ }}\left( \dfrac{75}{2} \right)' $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{5}^{\circ }}{{\left( \dfrac{75}{2\left( 60 \right)} \right)}^{\circ }} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{\left( \dfrac{45}{8} \right)}^{\circ }} $ 

Degree to Radian Conversion

 $ \left( \dfrac{45}{8} \right)\left( \dfrac{\pi }{180} \right)=\dfrac{\pi }{32}\text{rad} $ 

2. Find degree measure corresponding to  $ {{\left( \dfrac{\pi }{16} \right)}^{c}} $  

Ans- 

Converting the given value from radian to degree form

$ \dfrac{\pi }{16}\times \dfrac{180}{\pi }={{\left( \dfrac{45}{4} \right)}^{\circ }} $ 

Simplify degree form

$ {{\left( \dfrac{45}{4} \right)}^{\circ }}={{11}^{\circ }}15' $ 

3. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius  $ 5cm $  subtending a central angle measuring  $ 15{}^\circ  $  

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The arc of a circle with a radius of  $ 5\,\text{cm} $  with a central angle of  $ {{15}^{\circ }} $  should be of the length  $ \dfrac{5\pi }{12}cm $  using the formula  $ \text{Arc}\,\text{=}\,\pi \times \left( \theta  \right) $ .

4. Find the value of  $ \dfrac{19\pi }{3} $  

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We have  $ \tan \dfrac{19\pi }{3} $ 

 $ \tan \dfrac{19\pi }{3}=\tan \left( 6\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                   $ =\tan \left( 6\pi +\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                   $ =\tan \left( 3\times 2\pi +\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                   $ =\tan \left( \dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                   $ =\sqrt{3} $ 

5. Find the value of  $ \sin \left( -1125{}^\circ  \right) $  

Ans- 

We have  $ \sin \left( -{{1125}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

 $ \sin \left( -\dfrac{1125}{360}\times {{360}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

 $ =-\sin \left( \left( 3+\dfrac{45}{360} \right)\times {{360}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

 $ =-\sin \left( {{45}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

 $ =-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} $ 

6. Find the value of  $ \tan \left( {{15}^{\circ }} \right) $  

Ans- 

We have  $ \tan {{15}^{\circ }} $ 

 $ \tan {{15}^{\circ }}=\tan \left( {{60}^{\circ }}-{{45}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\tan {{60}^{\circ }}-\tan {{45}^{\circ }}}{1+\tan {{60}^{\circ }}\times \tan {{45}^{\circ }}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\sqrt{3}-1}{\sqrt{3}+1} $ 

7. If  $ \sin A=\dfrac{3}{5} $  and  $ \dfrac{\pi }{2}<A< $  find $ \cos A $  

Ans- 

The condition  $ \dfrac{\pi }{2}<A $  denotes that we need to take into account for the second quadrant, hence the cosine value will be negative. 

Therefore, 

 $ \cos A=\dfrac{-4}{5} $ 

8. If  $ \tan A=\dfrac{a}{a+1} $  and  $ \tan B=\dfrac{1}{2a+1} $  then find the value of  $ A+B $  

Ans- 

 $ \tan \left( A+B \right)=\dfrac{\tan A+\tan B}{1-\tan A\tan B} $ 

                           $ =\dfrac{\dfrac{a}{a+1}+\dfrac{1}{2a+1}}{1-\dfrac{a}{a+1}\cdot \dfrac{1}{2a+1}} $ 

                          $ =\dfrac{\dfrac{2{{a}^{2}}+2a+1}{\left( a+1 \right)\left( 2a+1 \right)}}{\dfrac{\left( a+1 \right)\left( 2a+1 \right)-a}{\left( a+1 \right)\left( 2a+1 \right)}} $ 

                          $ =1 $ 

Which can only be possible if  $ A+B={{45}^{\circ }} $ .

9. Express  $ \sin 12\theta +\sin 4\theta  $  as the product of sines and cosine

Ans-

Using the trigonometric difference formula, we get

 $ \sin 12\theta +\sin 4\theta =\sin \left( 8\theta +4\theta  \right)+\sin \left( 8\theta -4\theta  \right) $  

                                    $ =2\sin 8\theta \cos 4\theta  $ 

10. Express  $ 2\cos 4x\sin 2x $  as an algebraic sum of sines or cosine.

Ans- 

 $ 2\cos 4x\sin 2x=\sin \left( 2x+4x \right)+\sin \left( 2x-4x \right) $ 

                                 $ =\sin 6x+\sin \left( -2x \right) $ 

                                  $ =\sin 6x-\sin 2x $ 

11. Write the range of  $ \cos \theta  $  

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The cosine function is a periodic function with a domain of  $ \mathbb{R} $  and a range of  $ \left[ -1,1 \right] $ .

12. What is domain of  $ \sec \theta  $  

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The secant function is the reciprocal of the cosine function, it has a domain of  $ \mathbb{R}-\left\{ (2n+1)\dfrac{\pi }{2};n\in \mathbb{Z} \right\} $  because those are the points where the cosine function equates to  $ 0 $ .

13. Find the principal solution of  $ \cot x=3 $  

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The principal solution of  $ \cot x=3 $  is for the following input values  $ x=\dfrac{5\pi }{6},\dfrac{11\pi }{6} $ .

14. Write the general solution of  $ \cos \theta =0 $  

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The general solution for the equation  $ \cos \theta =0 $  is  $ \theta =(2n+1)\dfrac{\pi }{2},n\in \mathbb{Z} $ .

15. If  $ \sin x=\dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3} $ and  $ 0\text{ }<\text{ }x\text{ }<\dfrac{\pi }{2} $ find the value of $ \cos 2x $  

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We know that  $ \cos 2x=1-{{\sin }^{2}}x $ 

 $ \cos 2x=1-2{{\left( \dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3} \right)}^{2}} $ 

                $ =1-2\times \dfrac{5}{9} $ 

                $ =-\dfrac{1}{9} $ 

16. If  $ \cos x=-\dfrac{1}{3} $  and  $ x $  lies in quadrant  $ \text{III} $ , find the value of  $ \sin \dfrac{x}{2} $  

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We know that  $ \cos 2x=1-2{{\sin }^{2}}x $ 

 $ \cos \left( 2\left( \dfrac{x}{2} \right) \right)=1-2{{\sin }^{2}}\left( \dfrac{x}{2} \right) $ 

 $ \Rightarrow -\dfrac{1}{3}=1-2{{\sin }^{2}}\dfrac{x}{2} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 2{{\sin }^{2}}\dfrac{x}{2}=1+\dfrac{1}{3} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{\sin }^{2}}\dfrac{x}{2}=\dfrac{2}{3} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \sin \dfrac{x}{2}=\pm \sqrt{\dfrac{2}{3}} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \sin \dfrac{x}{2}=\sqrt{\dfrac{2}{3}}\,\,\,\,\,\left[ \text{2nd Quadrant} \right] $ 

17. Convert into radian measures  $ -47{}^\circ 30' $  

Ans- 

Convert into pure degree form and then convert to radian

 $ -47{}^\circ 30'=-{{\left( 47+\dfrac{30}{60} \right)}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                   $ =-{{\left( 47+\dfrac{1}{2} \right)}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                   $ =-\left( \dfrac{95}{2}\times \dfrac{\pi }{180} \right)\text{rad} $ 

                   $ =-\dfrac{19\pi }{72}\text{rad} $ 

18. Evaluate  $ \tan 75{}^\circ  $  

Ans- 

Use the trigonometric addition formula for the tangent function

 $ \tan {{75}^{\circ }}=\tan ({{45}^{\circ }}+{{30}^{\circ }}) $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\tan {{45}^{\circ }}+\tan {{30}^{\circ }}}{1-\tan {{45}^{\circ }}\tan {{30}^{\circ }}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\sqrt{3}+1}{\sqrt{3}-1} $ 

19. Prove that  $ \sin (40+\theta )\cdot \cos (10+\theta )-\cos (40+\theta )\cdot \sin (10+\theta )=\dfrac{1}{2} $  

Ans-  

Let us take the left-hand side of the equation and make some manipulations.

We know,  $ \sin \left( a-b \right)=\sin a\cos b-\cos a\sin b $ 

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\sin (40+\theta )\cos (10+\theta )-\cos (40+\theta )\sin (10+\theta ) $ 

              $ =\sin \left[ 40+\theta -10-\theta  \right]=\sin 30 $ 

              $ =\dfrac{1}{2} $ 

20. Find the principal solution of the eq.  $ \sin x=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $  

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The principal solution of  $ \sin x=\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $  is the input values of  $ x=\dfrac{\pi }{3},\dfrac{2\pi }{3} $ 

21. Prove that  $ \cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{4}+x \right)+\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{4}-x \right)=\sqrt{2}\cos x $ 

Ans- 

Let us start with the left-hand side and use the trigonometric differences formula for the cosine function

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{4}+x \right)+\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{4}-x \right) $ 

               $ =2\cos \dfrac{\pi }{4}\cos x $ 

               $ =2\left( \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right)\cos x $ 

               $ =\sqrt{2}\cos x $ 

               $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S} $ 

22. Convert into radian measures  $ -37{}^\circ 30' $  

Ans- 

Convert into pure degree form and then convert from degree to radian

 $ -37{}^\circ 30'={{\left( 37+\dfrac{30}{60} \right)}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                 $ =-{{\left( \dfrac{75}{2} \right)}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                 $ =-\dfrac{75}{2}\times \dfrac{\pi }{180}\text{rad} $ 

                 $ =-\dfrac{5\pi }{24}\text{rad} $ 

23. Prove

 $ Sin\text{ }\left( n+1 \right)\text{ }x\text{ }Sin\text{ }\left( n+2 \right)\text{ }x\text{ }+\text{ }Cos\text{ }\left( n+1 \right)\text{ }x.\text{ }Cos\text{ }\left( n+2 \right)\text{ }x\text{ }=\text{ }Cos\text{ }x $   

Ans- 

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\,\text{. = sin}\left( n+1 \right)x\sin \left( n+2 \right)x+\cos \left( n+1 \right)x\cos \left( n+2 \right)x $ 

                 $ =\cos \left\{ \left( n+1 \right)x-\left( n+2 \right)x \right\} $ 

                 $ =\cos \left( nx+x-n-2x \right) $ 

                 $ =\cos \left( -x \right) $ 

                 $ =\cos \left( x \right) $ 

24. Find the value of  $ \operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{31\pi }{3} $  

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We have  $ \sin \dfrac{31\pi }{3} $ 

 $ \operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{31\pi }{3}=\operatorname{Sin}\left( 10\pi +\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                   $ =\operatorname{Sin}\left( 2\pi \times 5+\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right)\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ \text{Periodic Function} \right] $ 

                   $ =\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

                   $ =\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $ 

25. Find the principal solution of the eq.  $ \tan x=-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}} $ . 

Ans- 

The principal solution of the equation  $ \tan x=-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}} $  will be the input values of  $ x=\dfrac{5\pi }{6},\dfrac{11\pi }{6} $ 

26. Convert into radian measures $ 5{}^\circ \text{ }37'\text{ }30'' $  

Ans- 

Converting the given value to a pure degree form

 $ {{5}^{\circ }}37'30''={{5}^{\circ }}37'\left( \dfrac{30}{60} \right)' $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{5}^{\circ }}\left( \dfrac{75}{2} \right)' $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{5}^{\circ }}{{\left( \dfrac{75}{2\left( 60 \right)} \right)}^{\circ }} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow {{5}^{\circ }}37'60''={{\left( \dfrac{45}{8} \right)}^{\circ }} $ 

Degree to Radian Conversion

 $ \left( \dfrac{45}{8} \right)\left( \dfrac{\pi }{180} \right)=\dfrac{\pi }{32}\text{rad} $ 

27.  Prove  $ Cos70{}^\circ .\text{ }Cos10{}^\circ +\text{ }Sin70{}^\circ .\text{ }Sin10{}^\circ =\dfrac{1}{2} $  

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Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric differences formula for the cosine function.

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\text{cos}\left( {{70}^{\circ }}{{10}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

               $ =\cos {{60}^{\circ }} $ 

               $ =\dfrac{1}{2} $ 

28.  Evaluate  $ 2\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{\pi }{12} $  

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Use the trigonometric difference formula for the sine function and expand

 $ 2\sin \dfrac{\pi }{12}=2\sin \left[ \dfrac{\pi }{4}-\dfrac{\pi }{6} \right] $ 

                   $ =2\left[ \sin \dfrac{\pi }{4}\cos \dfrac{\pi }{6}-\cos \dfrac{\pi }{4}\sin \dfrac{\pi }{6} \right] $ 

                   $ =2\left[ \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\times \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\times \dfrac{1}{2} \right] $ 

                    $ =\dfrac{\sqrt{3}-1}{\sqrt{2}} $ 

29.  Find the solution of  $ \operatorname{Sin}x=-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $  

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We are required to find the general solution for the equation  $ \sin x=-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $ 

 $ \operatorname{Sin}x=-\dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \operatorname{Sin}x=\operatorname{Sin}\left( \pi +\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \operatorname{Sin}x=\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{4\pi }{3} $ 

When

 $ \operatorname{Sin}\theta =\operatorname{Sin}\alpha  $ 

 $ \theta =n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\cdot \alpha  $ 

 $ x=n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\cdot \dfrac{4\pi }{3} $ 

30.  Prove that  $ \dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}9{}^\circ -\operatorname{Sin}9{}^\circ }{\operatorname{Cos}9{}^\circ +\operatorname{Sin}9{}^\circ }=\tan 36{}^\circ  $  

Ans- 

Let us start with the right-hand side and use the trigonometric differences formula for the tangent function.

 $ \text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\tan 36{}^\circ  $ 

                $ =\tan \left( {{45}^{\circ }}-{{9}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\tan {{45}^{\circ }}-\tan {{9}^{\circ }}}{1+\tan {{45}^{\circ }}\tan {{9}^{\circ }}} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1-\tan {{9}^{\circ }}}{1+\tan {{9}^{\circ }}} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\cos {{9}^{\circ }}-\sin {{9}^{\circ }}}{\cos {{9}^{\circ }}+\sin {{9}^{\circ }}} $ 

                $ =\text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

31.  Find the value of  $ \tan \dfrac{19\pi }{3} $  

Ans- 

We have  $ \tan \left( \dfrac{19\pi }{3} \right) $ 

 $ \tan \dfrac{19\pi }{3}=\tan \left( 6\pi -\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) $ 

                  $ =\tan \left[ 3\times 2\pi +\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right]\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ \text{Periodic Function} \right] $ 

                  $ =\tan \dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

                  $ =\sqrt{3} $ 

32.  Prove  $ \operatorname{Cos}4x=1-8{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}x.{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x $ 

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition formula, $ \cos 2x=1-2{{\sin }^{2}}x $ 

We get,

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\operatorname{Cos}4x $ 

               $ =1-2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}2x $ 

               $ =1-2{{(\operatorname{Sin}2x)}^{2}} $ 

               $ =1-2{{(2\operatorname{Sin}x.\operatorname{Cos}x)}^{2}} $ 

               $ =1-2(4{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}x.{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x) $ 

               $ =1-8{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}x.{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x $ 

33.  Prove  $ \dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}(\pi +x).\operatorname{Cos}(-x)}{\operatorname{Sin}(\pi -x).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\pi }{2}+x \right)}=Co{{t}^{2}}x $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric periodic identities, we obtain the following

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\cos \left( \pi +x \right)\cos \left( -x \right)}{\sin \left( \pi -x \right)\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{2}+x \right)} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{-\cos x\cos x}{-\sin x\sin x} $ 

                 $ ={{\cot }^{2}}x $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

34.  Prove that  $ \tan {{56}^{\circ }}=\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}{{11}^{\circ }}+\operatorname{Sin}{{11}^{\circ }}}{\operatorname{Cos}{{11}^{\circ }}-\operatorname{Sin}{{11}^{\circ }}} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition formula for the tangent function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\tan {{56}^{\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\tan ({{45}^{\circ }}+{{11}^{\circ }}) $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\tan {{45}^{\circ }}+\tan {{11}^{\circ }}}{1-\tan {{45}^{\circ }}\cdot \tan {{11}^{\circ }}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{1+\tan {{11}^{\circ }}}{1-\tan {{11}^{\circ }}} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\cos {{11}^{\circ }}+\sin {{11}^{\circ }}}{\cos {{11}^{\circ }}-\sin {{11}^{\circ }}} $ 

                $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

35.  Prove that  $ \operatorname{Cos}{{105}^{\circ }}+\operatorname{Cos}{{15}^{\circ }}=\operatorname{Sin}{{75}^{\circ }}-\operatorname{Sin}{{15}^{\circ }} $ 

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric difference formula for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\operatorname{Cos}{{105}^{\circ }}+\operatorname{Cos}{{15}^{\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}({{90}^{\circ }}+{{15}^{\circ }})+\operatorname{Cos}({{90}^{\circ }}-{{75}^{\circ }}) $ 

                 $ =-\operatorname{Sin}{{15}^{\circ }}+\operatorname{Sin}{{75}^{\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Sin}{{75}^{\circ }}-\operatorname{Sin}{{15}^{\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

36.  Find the value of  $ \operatorname{Cos}(-{{1710}^{\circ }}) $ 

Ans- 

We have  $ \cos \left( -{{1710}^{\circ }} \right) $ . We also know  $ \cos \left( -x \right)=\cos x $ 

 $ \operatorname{Cos}(-{{1710}^{\circ }})=\operatorname{Cos}(1800-90) $ 

                               $ =\operatorname{Cos}\left[ 5\times 360+90 \right] $ 

                               $ =\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{\pi }{2} $ 

                               $ =0 $ 

37.   A wheel makes  $ 360 $  revolutions in  $ 1 $  minute. Through how many radians does it turn in  $ 1 $  second.

Ans- 

Given,

 $ \text{Number of revolutions made in 60s}=360 $ 

 $ \text{Number of revolutions made in 1s}=\dfrac{360}{60} $ 

 $ \text{Angle moved in 6 revolutions}=2\pi \times 6 $ 

 $ =12\pi  $ 

38. Prove that  $ {{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}6x-{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}4x=\operatorname{Sin}2x.\operatorname{Sin}10x $ 

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition formula for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}={{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}6x-{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}4x $ 

                $ =\sin \left( 6x+4x \right)\sin \left( 6x-4x \right) $ 

                $ =\sin 10x\sin 2x $ 

                $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

39. Prove that  $ \dfrac{\tan 69+\tan 66}{1\tan 69.\tan 66}=-1 $ 

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric difference identity for the tangent function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\tan {{69}^{\circ }}+\tan {{66}^{\circ }}}{1-\tan {{69}^{\circ }}\tan {{66}^{\circ }}} $ 

                 $ =\tan ({{69}^{\circ }}+{{66}^{\circ }}) $ 

                 $ =\tan \left( {{135}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

                 $ =\tan \left( {{90}^{\circ }}+{{45}^{\circ }} \right) $ 

                $ =-1 $ 

                $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

40.  Prove that  $\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}x}{1+\operatorname{Cos}x}=\tan 

\dfrac{x}{2} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities for the sine and cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\sin x}{1+\cos x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2\sin \dfrac{x}{2}\cos \dfrac{x}{2}}{2{{\cos }^{2}}\dfrac{x}{2}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\sin \dfrac{x}{2}}{\cos \dfrac{x}{2}} $ 

                 $ =\tan \dfrac{x}{2} $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

4 Marks Questions

Prove the following identities

1. The minute hand of a watch is  $ 1.5cm $  long. How far does its tip move in  $ 40 $  minute? 

Ans- 

Analysing the given information, we have 

 $ r=1.5cm $ 

 $ \text{Angle made in }60\min ={{360}^{\circ }} $ 

 $ \text{Angle made in 1min}={{6}^{\circ }} $ 

 $ \text{Angle made in 40min}={{6}^{\circ }}\times {{40}^{\circ }}={{240}^{\circ }} $ 

Calculating the arc distance

              $ \theta =\dfrac{l}{r} $ 

 $ 240\times \dfrac{\pi }{180}=\dfrac{l}{1.5} $ 

      $ 2\times 3.14=l $ 

              $ 6.28=l $ 

                      $ l=6.28cm $ 

2. Show that  $ tan\text{ }3x.\text{ }tan\text{ }2x.\text{ }tan\text{ }x\text{ }=\text{ }tan\text{ }3x\text{ }\text{ }tan\text{ }2x\text{ }\text{ }tan\text{ }x $  

Ans- 

Let us start with  $ \tan 3x $  and we know  $ 3x=2x+x $ 

 $ \tan 3x=\tan (2x+x) $ 

 $ \dfrac{\tan 3x}{1}=\dfrac{\tan 2x+\tan x}{1-\tan 2x.\tan x} $ 

 $ \tan 3x(1-\tan 2x.\tan x)=\tan 2x+\tan x $ 

 $ \tan 3x-\tan 3x.\tan 2x.\tan x=\tan 2x+\tan x $ 

 $ \tan 3x.\tan 2x.\tan x=\tan 3x-\tan 2x-\tan x $ 

3. Find the value of  $ \tan \dfrac{\pi }{8} $  

Ans- 

We know that

 $ \tan 2x=\dfrac{2\tan x}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}x} $ 

Therefore, we have

    $ \tan \left( 2\dfrac{\pi }{8} \right)=\dfrac{2\tan \dfrac{\pi }{8}}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\dfrac{\pi }{8}} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 1=\dfrac{2\tan \dfrac{\pi }{8}}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\dfrac{\pi }{8}} $ 

Put  $ \tan \dfrac{\pi }{8}=x $ 

 $ 1=\dfrac{2x}{1-{{x}^{2}}} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 2x=1-{{x}^{2}} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow x=\dfrac{-1\pm \sqrt{2}}{1} $ 

Since,  $ \dfrac{\pi }{8} $  lies in the first quadrant, the value must be positive, hence

$ \tan \dfrac{\pi }{8}=\sqrt{2}-1 $ 

4. Prove that  $ \dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}(x+y)}{\operatorname{Sin}(x-y)}=\dfrac{\tan x+\tan y}{\tan x-\tan y} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric difference formula for the sine function, we get

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}(x+y)}{\operatorname{Sin}(x-y)} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}x.\operatorname{Cos}y+\operatorname{Cos}x.\operatorname{Sin}y}{\operatorname{Sin}x.\operatorname{Cos}y-\operatorname{Cos}x.\operatorname{Sin}y} $ 

Dividing numerator and denominator by  $ \operatorname{Cos}x.\operatorname{Cos}y $ 

           $ =\dfrac{\tan x+\tan y}{\tan x-\tan y} $ 

               $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

5. If in two circles, arcs of the same length subtend angles  $ {{60}^{\circ }} $  and  $ {{75}^{\circ }} $  at the center find the ratio of their radii. 

Ans- 

We know that the length of the arc and its subtended angle is related using the following formula

 $ \theta =\dfrac{1}{{{r}_{1}}} $ 

Therefore, we have

 $ 60\times \dfrac{\pi }{18}=\dfrac{1}{{{r}_{1}}} $ 

 $ {{r}_{1}}=\dfrac{3l}{\pi } $      ….. $ (1) $ 

 $ \theta =\dfrac{1}{{{r}_{2}}} $ 

 $ 75\times \dfrac{\pi }{18}=\dfrac{1}{{{r}_{2}}} $ 

 $ {{r}_{2}}=\dfrac{12l}{5\pi } $     ….. $ (2) $ 

 $ (1)\div (2) $ 

 $ \dfrac{{{r}_{1}}}{{{r}_{2}}}=\dfrac{\dfrac{3l}{\pi }}{\dfrac{12l}{5\pi }} $ 

 $ =\dfrac{31}{\pi }\times \dfrac{5\pi }{12l} $ 

 $ =5:4 $ 

6. Prove that  $ \operatorname{Cos}6x=32{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x-48{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{4}}x+18{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x-1 $  

Ans. 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric identities for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\operatorname{Cos}6x $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}2(3x)=2{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}3x-1 $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}2(3x) $ 

                 $ =2{{(4co{{s}^{3}}x-3\cos x)}^{2}}-1 $ 

                 $ =2\left[ 16{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{6}}x+9{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x-24{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{4}}x \right]-1 $ 

                  $ =32{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{6}}x+18{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x-48{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{4}}x-1 $ 

               $ =32{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{6}}x-48{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{4}}x+18{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x1 $ 

                  $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

7. Solve  $ \operatorname{Sin}2x-\operatorname{Sin}4x+\operatorname{Sin}6x=0 $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identity for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\operatorname{Sin}6x+\operatorname{Sin}2x-\operatorname{Sin}4x $ 

                 $ =2\sin \left( \dfrac{6x+2x}{2} \right)\cos \left( \dfrac{6x-2x}{2} \right)-\sin 4x $ 

                 $ =\sin 4x\left( 2\cos 2x-1 \right) $ 

                 $ =0 $ 

Now,

 $ \sin 4x=0 $ 

      $ 4x=n\pi  $ 

        $ x=\dfrac{n\pi }{4} $ 

Also,

 $ 2\cos 2x-1=0 $ 

        $ \cos 2x=\cos \dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

             $ 2x=2n\pi \pm \dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

              $ x=n\pi \pm \dfrac{\pi }{6} $ 

8. In a circle of diameter  $ 40cm $ , the length of a chord is  $ 20cm $ . Find the length of the minor area of the chord. 

Ans- 

Given,

 $ \theta =\dfrac{l}{r} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 60\times \dfrac{\pi }{180}=\dfrac{l}{20} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow l=\dfrac{20\pi }{3}\text{cm/s} $ 

9. Prove that  $ \tan 4x=\dfrac{4\tan x(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}{1-6{{\tan }^{2}}x+{{\tan }^{4}}x} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities for the tangent function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\tan 4x $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2\tan 2x}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}2x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2.\dfrac{2\tan 2x}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}2x}}{1-{{\left( \dfrac{2\tan 2x}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}2x} \right)}^{2}}} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\dfrac{4\tan x}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}x}}{\dfrac{{{(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}^{2}}-4{{\tan }^{2}}x}{{{(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}^{2}}}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{4\tan x}{(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}\times \dfrac{(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}{1+{{\tan }^{4}}x-2{{\tan }^{2}}x-4{{\tan }^{2}}x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{4\tan x(1-{{\tan }^{2}}x)}{1-6{{\tan }^{2}}x+{{\tan }^{4}}x} $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

10. Prove that  $ {{\left( Cosx+Cosy \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( SinxSiny \right)}^{2}}=4Co{{s}^{2}}\left( \dfrac{x+y}{2} \right) $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities for the cosine and sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}={{\left( Cosx+Cosy \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( SinxSiny \right)}^{2}} $ 

                $ ={{\left( 2\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x+y}{2}.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x-y}{2} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( 2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{x+y}{2} \right).\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{x-y}{2} \right) \right)}^{2}} $ 

                $ =4{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\dfrac{x+y}{2}.{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\left( \dfrac{x-y}{2} \right)+4{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\dfrac{x+y}{2}.{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\dfrac{x-y}{2} $ 

               $ =4{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\left( \dfrac{x+y}{2} \right)\left[ {{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\dfrac{x-y}{2}+{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\dfrac{x-y}{2} \right] $ 

               $ =4{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\left( \dfrac{x+y}{2} \right) $ 

               $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

11. If  $ Cotx=-\dfrac{5}{12},x $  lies in second quadrant find the values of other five trigonometric functions 

Ans- 

Given

 $ Cotx=-\dfrac{5}{12} $ 

Using some trigonometric identities, we obtain

 $ \tan x=-\dfrac{12}{5} $ 

 $ {{\operatorname{Sec}}^{2}}x=1+{{\tan }^{2}}x $ 

 $ \operatorname{Sec}x=\pm \dfrac{13}{5} $ 

Since  $ x $  lies in the second quadrant, the cosine value will be negative

 $ \operatorname{Sec}x=-\dfrac{13}{5} $ 

 $ \operatorname{Cos}x=-\dfrac{5}{13} $ 

 $ \operatorname{Sin}x=\tan x.\operatorname{Cos}x $ 

             $ =\dfrac{-12}{5}\times \left( \dfrac{-5}{13} \right) $ 

              $ =\dfrac{12}{13} $ 

 $ \operatorname{Csc}x=\dfrac{13}{12} $ 

12. Prove that  $ \dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}5x-2\operatorname{Sin}3x+\operatorname{Sin}x}{\operatorname{Cos}5x-\operatorname{Cos}x}=\tan x $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric difference identities for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}5x+\operatorname{Sin}x-2\operatorname{Sin}3x}{\operatorname{Cos}5x-\operatorname{Cos}x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2\operatorname{Sin}3x.\operatorname{Cos}2x-2\operatorname{Sin}3x}{-2\operatorname{Sin}3x.\operatorname{Sin}2x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2\operatorname{Sin}3x(\operatorname{Cos}2x-1)}{-2\operatorname{Sin}3x.\operatorname{Sin}2x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{-(1-\operatorname{Cos}2x)}{-\operatorname{Sin}2x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}x}{2\operatorname{Sin}x.\operatorname{Cos}x} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}x}{\operatorname{Cos}x} $ 

                 $ =\tan x $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

13. Prove that  $ Sinx+Sin3x+Sin5x+Sin7x=4Cosx.Cos2x.Sin4x $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=Sinx+Sin3x+Sin5x+Sin7x $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Sin}x+\operatorname{Sin}7x+\operatorname{Sin}3x+\operatorname{Sin}5x $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{x+7x}{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{x-7x}{2} \right)+2\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{3x+5x}{2} \right)\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{3x-5x}{2} \right) $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Sin}4x.\operatorname{Cos}3x+2\operatorname{Sin}4x.\operatorname{Cos}x $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Sin}4x[\operatorname{Cos}3x+\operatorname{Cos}x] $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Sin}4x\left[ 2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{3x+x}{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{3x-x}{2} \right) \right] $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Sin}4x[2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}x] $ 

                 $ =4\operatorname{Cos}x.\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Sin}4x $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

14. Find the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a clock when the time is  $ 7.20 $  

Ans- 

We know that the angle made by minute hand in  $ 15\min =15\times 6={{90}^{\circ }} $ 

We also know that the angle made by the hour hand in  $ 1hr={{30}^{\circ }} $ 

In  $ 60 $  minute  $ =\dfrac{30}{60} $ 

 $ =\dfrac{1}{2} $ 

 $ [\because  $ Angle Travelled by  $ hr $ hand in  $ 12hr={{360}^{\circ }}] $ 

In  $ 20 $ minutes  $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\times 20 $ 

                         $ ={{10}^{\circ }} $ 

Angle made  $ =90+10 $ 

                       $ ={{100}^{\circ }} $ 

15. Show that  $ \sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+2\operatorname{Cos}4\theta }}=2\operatorname{Cos}\theta  $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identity for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+2\operatorname{Cos}4\theta }} $ 

                 $ =\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2(1+\operatorname{Cos}4\theta )}} $ 

                 $ =\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2.2{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}2\theta }} $ 

                 $ =\sqrt{2+2\operatorname{Cos}2\theta } $ 

                 $ =\sqrt{2(1+\operatorname{Cos}2\theta )} $ 

                 $ =\sqrt{2.2{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\theta } $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\theta  $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

16. Prove that  $ Cot4x\left( Sin5x+Sin3x \right)=Cotx\left( Sin5xSin3x \right) $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identity for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=Cot4x\left( Sin5x+Sin3x \right) $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}4x}{\operatorname{Sin}4x}\left[ 2\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{5x+3x}{2}.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{5x-3x}{2} \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}4x}{\operatorname{Sin}4x}2\operatorname{Sin}4x.\operatorname{Cos}x $ 

                $ =2\operatorname{Cos}4x.\operatorname{Cos}x $ 

Then, we move on to the right-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identity for the sine function, we obtain

   $ \text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=Cotx\left( Sin5xSin3x \right) $ 

                   $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}x}{\operatorname{Sin}x}\left[ 2\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{5x+3x}{2}.\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{5x-3x}{2} \right] $ 

                   $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}x}{\operatorname{Sin}x}[2\operatorname{Cos}4x.\operatorname{Sin}x] $ 

                   $ =2\operatorname{Cos}4x.\operatorname{Cos}x $ 

Therefore, 

   $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}=\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S} $ 

6 Marks Questions

1. Find the general solution of  $ sin2x+sin4x+sin6x=0 $ 

Ans- 

We have that  $ \sin 2x+\sin 4x+\sin 6x=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \left( \sin 2x+\sin 6x \right)+\sin 4x=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \left( 2\sin \left( \dfrac{2x+6x}{2} \right)\cos \left( \dfrac{2x-6x}{2} \right) \right)+\sin 4x=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 2\sin 4x\cos 2x+\sin 4x=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \sin 4x\left( 2\cos 2x+1 \right)=0 $ 

Now

 $ \sin 4x=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow x=n\pi  $ 

 $ 2\cos 2x+1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow x=n\pi \pm \dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

2. Find the general solution of  $ \cos \theta \cos 2\theta \cos 3\theta =\dfrac{1}{4} $  

Ans- 

We have that  $ \cos \theta \cos 2\theta \cos 3\theta =\dfrac{1}{4} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 4\cos \theta \cos 2\theta \cos 3\theta =1 $ 

Using the trigonometric addition identity for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \Rightarrow 2\left( 2\cos \theta \cos 3\theta  \right)\cos 2\theta -1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 2\left( \cos 4\theta +\cos 2\theta  \right)\cos 2\theta -1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 2\left( 2{{\cos }^{2}}2\theta -1+\cos 2\theta  \right)\cos 2\theta -1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \left( 2{{\cos }^{2}}2\theta -1 \right)\left( 2\cos 2\theta +1 \right)=0 $ 

Now,

 $ 2{{\cos }^{2}}2\theta -1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \cos 4\theta =0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow 4\theta =\left( 2n+1 \right)\dfrac{\pi }{2} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \theta =\left( 2n+1 \right)\dfrac{\pi }{8} $ 

Also,

 $ 2\cos 2\theta +1=0 $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \cos 2\theta =-\dfrac{1}{2} $ 

 $ \Rightarrow \theta =n\pi \pm \dfrac{\pi }{3} $ 

3. If  $ \operatorname{Sin}\alpha +\operatorname{Sin}\beta =a $  and  $ \operatorname{Cos}\alpha +\operatorname{Cos}\beta =b $  

Show that  $ \operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta )=\dfrac{{{b}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}} $  

Ans- 

Squaring both the equations and adding them together,

 $ {{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}={{(\operatorname{Cos}\alpha +\operatorname{Cos}\beta )}^{2}}+{{(\operatorname{Sin}\alpha +\operatorname{Sin}\beta )}^{2}} $ 

                 $ ={{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\alpha +{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\beta +2\operatorname{Cos}\alpha .\operatorname{Cos}\beta +{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\alpha +{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\beta +2\operatorname{Sin}\alpha .\operatorname{Sin}\beta  $ 

                 $ =1+1+2(\operatorname{Cos}\alpha .\operatorname{Cos}\beta +\operatorname{Sin}\alpha .\operatorname{Sin}\beta ) $ 

            $ =2+2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha -\beta ) $        $ (1) $ 

 $ {{b}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}={{(\operatorname{Cos}\alpha +\operatorname{Cos}\beta )}^{2}}-{{(\operatorname{Sin}\alpha +\operatorname{Sin}\beta )}^{2}} $ 

                 $ =({{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\alpha -{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\beta )+({{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\beta -{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}\alpha )+2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ) $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta )\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha -\beta )+\operatorname{Cos}(\beta +\alpha )\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha -\beta )+2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ) $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ).\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha -\beta )+2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ) $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta )[2\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha -\beta )+2] $ 

              $ =\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ).({{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}) $       from  $ (1) $ 

Dividing equation  $ \left( 1 \right) $  with  $ {{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}} $ , we get

 $ \dfrac{{{b}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}}=\operatorname{Cos}(\alpha +\beta ) $ 

4. Prove  $ Cos\alpha +Cos\beta +Cos\gamma +Cos\left( \alpha +\beta +\gamma  \right)=4\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\beta +\gamma }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\gamma +\alpha }{2} \right) $ 

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=Cos\alpha +Cos\beta +Cos\gamma +Cos\left( \alpha +\beta +\gamma  \right) $ 

                 $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2} \right)+2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta +\gamma +\gamma }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta +\gamma -\gamma }{2} \right) $ 

                $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2} \right)+2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta +2\gamma }{2} \right) $ 

                $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right)\left[ \operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2} \right)+\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta +2\gamma }{2} \right) \right] $ 

            $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right)\left[ 2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2}+\dfrac{\alpha +\beta +2\gamma }{2}}{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\dfrac{\alpha +\beta +2\gamma }{2}-\dfrac{\alpha -\beta }{2}}{2} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right)\left[ 2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\gamma }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\beta +\gamma }{2} \right) \right] $ 

               $ =4\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\alpha +\beta }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\beta +\gamma }{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{\gamma +\alpha }{2} \right) $ 

               $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

5. Prove that  $ \operatorname{Sin}3x+\operatorname{Sin}2x-\operatorname{Sin}2x=4\operatorname{Sin}x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2}.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{3x}{2} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identity for the sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\sin 3x+\sin x-\sin 2x $ 

                 $ =2\cos \left( \dfrac{3x+x}{2} \right).\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{3x+x}{2} \right)+\operatorname{Sin}2x $ 

                 $ =2\cos 2x.\sin x+\sin 2x $ 

                 $ =2\cos 2x.\sin x+2\sin x\cos x $ 

                 $ =2\sin x[\cos 2x+\cos x] $ 

                 $ =2\sin x\left[ 2\cos x\dfrac{3x}{2}.\cos \dfrac{x}{2} \right] $ 

                 $ =4\sin x\cos x\dfrac{3x}{2}\cos \dfrac{x}{2} $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

6. Prove that  $ 2\cos \dfrac{\pi }{13}.\cos \dfrac{9\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13}=0 $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side using the trigonometric addition identities for the cosine and sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=2\cos \dfrac{\pi }{13}.\cos \dfrac{9\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13} $ 

                 $ =\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{13}+\dfrac{9\pi }{13} \right)+\cos \left( \dfrac{\pi }{13}-\dfrac{9\pi }{13} \right)+\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13} $ 

                 $ =\cos \dfrac{10\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{18\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13} $ 

                 $ =\cos \left( \pi -\dfrac{3\pi }{13} \right)+\cos \left( \pi -\dfrac{5\pi }{13} \right)+\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13} $ 

                 $ =-\cos \dfrac{3\pi }{13}-\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13}+\dfrac{3\pi }{13}+\cos \dfrac{5\pi }{13} $ 

                 $ =0 $ 

                 $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

7.  Find the value of  $ \tan (\alpha +\beta ) $ given that  $ \cot \alpha =\dfrac{1}{2},\alpha \in \left( \pi ,\dfrac{3\pi }{2} \right) $  and  $ \operatorname{Sec}\beta =-\dfrac{5}{3},\beta \in \left( \dfrac{\pi }{2},\pi  \right) $  

Ans- 

We know that,

 $ \tan \left( \alpha +\beta  \right)=\dfrac{\tan \alpha +\tan \beta }{1-\tan \alpha \tan \beta } $ 

Given,

 $ Cot\alpha =\dfrac{1}{2} $ 

 $ \tan \alpha =2 $ 

Now, let us find  $ \tan \beta  $ 

 $ 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\beta ={{\operatorname{Sec}}^{2}}\beta  $ 

 $ 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\beta ={{\left( \dfrac{-5}{3} \right)}^{2}}\left[ \because \operatorname{Sec}\beta =\dfrac{-5}{3} \right] $ 

 $ \tan \beta =\pm \dfrac{4}{3} $ 

 $ \tan \beta =-\dfrac{4}{3}\left[ \because \beta \in \left( \dfrac{\dfrac{\pi }{2}}{x} \right) \right] $ 

Therefore, we have that

 $ \tan \left( \alpha +\beta  \right)=\dfrac{2-\dfrac{4}{3}}{1-2\left( \dfrac{-4}{3} \right)} $ 

                     $ =\dfrac{2}{11} $ 

8. Prove that  $ \dfrac{\operatorname{Sec}8A-1}{\operatorname{Sec}4A-1}=\dfrac{\tan 8A}{\tan 2A} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric elementary identities of the cosine function and sine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{\sec 8A-1}{\sec 4A-1} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\dfrac{1}{\operatorname{Cos}8A}-1}{\dfrac{1}{\operatorname{Cos}4A}-1} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1-\operatorname{Cos}8A}{1-\operatorname{Cos}4A}\times \dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}4A}{\operatorname{Cos}8A} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}4A}{2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}2A}.\dfrac{\operatorname{Cos}4A}{\operatorname{Cos}8A} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{(2\operatorname{Sin}4A.\operatorname{Cos}4A).\operatorname{Sin}4A}{2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}2A.\operatorname{Cos}8A} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}8A(2\operatorname{Sin}2A.\operatorname{Cos}2A)}{2{{\operatorname{Sin}}^{2}}2A.\operatorname{Cos}8A} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\operatorname{Sin}8A\operatorname{Cos}2A}{\operatorname{Sin}2A.\operatorname{Cos}2A} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{\tan 8A}{\tan 2A} $ 

                $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

9. Prove that  $ {{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}x+{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\left( x+\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right)+{{\operatorname{Cos}}^{2}}\left( x-\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right)=\dfrac{3}{2} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using trigonometric addition identities of the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{1+\operatorname{Cos}2x}{2}+\dfrac{1+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right)}{2}+\dfrac{1+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x-\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right)}{2} $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 1+1+1+\operatorname{Cos}2x+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right)+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x-\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right)+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x-\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+2\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3}+2x-\dfrac{2\pi }{3}}{2} \right).\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3}-2x+\dfrac{2\pi }{3}}{2} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{4\pi }{6} \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{2\pi }{3} \right] $ 

            $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}\left( \pi -\dfrac{\pi }{3} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 3+\operatorname{Cos}2x+2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\left( \dfrac{-1}{2} \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{3}{2} $ 

                $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

10.  Prove that  $ \operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2}-\operatorname{Cos}3x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{9x}{2}=\operatorname{Sin}5x\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{5x}{2} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using trigonometric addition identities for the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ 2\operatorname{Cos}2x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2}-2\operatorname{Cos}3x.\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{9x}{2} \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x+\dfrac{x}{2} \right)+\operatorname{Cos}\left( 2x-\dfrac{x}{2} \right)-\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{9x}{2}+3x \right)-\operatorname{Cos}\left( \dfrac{9x}{2}-3x \right) \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{5x}{2}+\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{3x}{2}-\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{15x}{2}-\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{3x}{2} \right] $ 

               $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{5x}{2}-\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{15x}{2} \right] $ 

              $ =\dfrac{1}{2}\left[ -2\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{\dfrac{5x}{2}+\dfrac{15x}{2}}{2} \right).\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{\dfrac{5x}{2}-\dfrac{15x}{2}}{2} \right) \right] $ 

              $ =-\operatorname{Sin}5x.\operatorname{Sin}\left( \dfrac{-5x}{2} \right) $ 

              $ =\operatorname{Sin}5x.\operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{5x}{2} $ 

              $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

11.  Prove that  $ \operatorname{Cos}20{}^\circ .\operatorname{Cos}40{}^\circ .\operatorname{Cos}60{}^\circ .\operatorname{Cos}80{}^\circ =\dfrac{1}{16} $  

Ans- 

Starting with the left-hand side and using the trigonometric addition identities of the cosine function, we obtain

 $ \text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.}=\operatorname{Cos}{{20}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{60}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{80}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\operatorname{Cos}{{60}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{20}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{80}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{1}{2}.\dfrac{1}{2}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}\left( 2\operatorname{Cos}{{20}^{{}^\circ }}.\operatorname{Cos}{{80}^{{}^\circ }} \right) $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{1}{4}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}(80+20)+\operatorname{Cos}(80-20) \right] $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{1}{4}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}{{100}^{{}^\circ }}+\operatorname{Cos}{{60}^{{}^\circ }} \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{4}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}{{100}^{{}^\circ }}+\dfrac{1}{2} \right] $ 

                $ =\dfrac{1}{8}(2\operatorname{Cos}{{100}^{{}^\circ }}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }})+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

           $ =\dfrac{1}{8}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}{{(100+40)}^{{}^\circ }}+\operatorname{Cos}{{(100-40)}^{{}^\circ }} \right]+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

               $ =\dfrac{1}{8}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}{{140}^{{}^\circ }}+\operatorname{Cos}{{60}^{{}^\circ }} \right]+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

               $ =\dfrac{1}{8}\left[ \operatorname{Cos}{{140}^{{}^\circ }}+\dfrac{1}{2} \right]+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

              $ =\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{(180-40)}^{{}^\circ }}+\dfrac{1}{16}+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

              $ =-\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }}+\dfrac{1}{16}+\dfrac{1}{8}\operatorname{Cos}{{40}^{{}^\circ }} $ 

              $ =\dfrac{1}{16} $ 

             $ =\text{R}\text{.H}\text{.S}\text{.} $ 

12.  If  $ \tan x=\dfrac{3}{4},\pi <x<\dfrac{3\pi }{2}, $ Find the value of  $ \operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{x}{2},\operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2} $  and  $ \tan \dfrac{x}{2} $  

Ans- 

Given that

 $ \pi <x<\dfrac{3\pi }{2} $  implying that  $ x $  is in the third quadrant 

 $ \Rightarrow \dfrac{\pi }{2}<\dfrac{x}{2}<\dfrac{3\pi }{2} $ 

Therefore, we have that  $ \operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{x}{2} $  is positive and  $ \operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2} $  is negative.

Let us find for  $ \tan \dfrac{x}{2} $ 

We know

 $ 1+{{\tan }^{2}}x={{\operatorname{Sec}}^{2}}x\dfrac{5}{4} $ 

 $ 1+{{\left( \dfrac{3}{4} \right)}^{2}}={{\operatorname{Sec}}^{2}}x $ 

    $ {{\operatorname{Sec}}^{2}}x=\pm \dfrac{25}{16} $ 

      $ \operatorname{Cos}x=\pm \dfrac{4}{5} $ 

      $ \operatorname{Cos}x=-\dfrac{4}{5}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left[ \because \pi <x<\dfrac{3\pi }{2} \right] $ 

Let us find the required values 

 $ \operatorname{Sin}\dfrac{x}{2}=\sqrt{\dfrac{1-\operatorname{Cos}x}{2}} $ 

              $ =\sqrt{\dfrac{1+\dfrac{4}{5}}{2}} $ 

              $ =\sqrt{\dfrac{9}{10}} $ 

              $ =\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{10}} $ 

  $ \operatorname{Cos}\dfrac{x}{2}=-\sqrt{\dfrac{1-\operatorname{Cos}x}{2}} $ 

                  $ =-\sqrt{\dfrac{1-\dfrac{4}{5}}{2}} $ 

                  $ =-\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{10}} $ 

                 $ =\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{10}} $ 

  $ \tan \dfrac{x}{2}=\dfrac{\dfrac{3}{\sqrt{10}}}{\dfrac{-1}{\sqrt{10}}} $ 

                $ =-3 $ 

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Important Questions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 3 Based on Exercise

Q. An engine produces 360 revolutions in one minute. Through how many radians will it turn in one second?

Solution:

Provided,

The total number of revolutions made by an engine in one minute = 360

1 minute = 60 seconds

Therefore, number of revolutions in 1 second = 360/60 = 6

Angle formed in 1 revolution = 360°

Angles formed in 6 revolutions = 6 × 360°

Radian measure of the angle in a total of six revolutions = 6 × 360 × π/180

= 6 × 2 × π

= 12π

So, the engine turns 12π radians in one second.

Practice Questions

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• Find the value of tan 765° cot 675° + tan 225° cot 405°

• Solve the equation: tan² θ + cot² θ = 2

• Write the value of 2sin 75° sin 15°

• Show that:
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• Find the general solution of the following equation:
  tan2θ +(1 – √3) tan θ – √3 = 0

• Prove that:
  3sinπ/6secπ/3 - 4sin5π/6cotπ/4 = 1

• Find the value:
  cos4π/8 + cos43π/8 + cos45π/8 + cos47π/8

• Show that:
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• Find the most general value of θ satisfying the equation tan θ = -1 and cos θ = 1/√2

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