Title: Trigonometry

Chapter: Trigonometry
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17. CONDITIONAL TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES :

If A + B + C = 180°, then
(i) tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A tan B tan C
(ii) cot A cot B + cot B cot C + cot C cot A = 1
A B B C C C
(iii) tan tan + tan tan + tan tan = 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
A B C A B C
(iv) cot + cot + cot = cot cot cot
2 2 2 2 2 2
(v) sin 2A + sin 2B + sin 2C = 4 sinAsinBsinC
(vi) cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C =–1–4 cosAcosBcosC
A B C
(vii) sin A + sin B + sin C = 4 cos cos cos
2 2 2
A B C
(viii) cos A + cos B + cos C = 1 + 4sin sin sin
2 2 2

Illustration 14 : In any triangle ABC, sin A – cos B = cos C, then angle B is

(A) /2 (B) /3 (C) /4 (D) /6
Solution : We have , sin A – cos B = cos C
sin A = cos B + cos C
B+C  B−C
 2sin cos = 2cos 
A A
 cos  
2 2  2   2 
−A   B−C
 2sin cos = 2cos 
A A
 cos   A+B+C=
2 2  2   2 
B−C
 2sin cos = 2sin cos 
A A A

2 2 2  2 
A B−C
 cos = cos or A = B – C ; But A + B + C = 
2 2
Therefore 2B =   B = /2 Ans.(A)
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Illustration 15 : If A + B + C = , then cos 2A + cos 2B + cos2C is equal to-
2
(A) 1 – 4cosA cosBcosC (B) 4 sinA sin B sinC
(C) 1 + 2cosA cosBcosC (D) 1 – 4 sinAsinBsinC
Solution : cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C = 2 cos (A + B ) cos (A – B) + cos 2C
3 3
= 2 cos  
− C  cos (A – B) + cos 2C A+B+C=
 2  2
= – 2 sin C cos (A – B) + 1 – 2 sin C = 1 – 2 sinC [cos (A– B) + sin C)
2

3
= 1 – 2 sin C [cos (A – B) + sin  
− (A + B)  ]
 2 
= 1 – 2 sin C [cos (A – B) – cos (A +B)] = 1 – 4 sin A sin B sin C Ans.(D)
Do yourself - 10 :
(i) If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, then find the value of sinA + sinB – sinC – sinD

(ii) If A + B + C = , then find the value of tanAtanB + tanBtanC + tanCtanA
2

18. IMPORTANT RESULTS :

1
(i) sinsin (60° – ) sin (60° + ) = sin3
4
1
(ii) cos. cos (60° – ) cos (60° + ) = cos3
4
(iii) tan tan (60° – ) tan (60° + ) = tan 3
(iv) cot cot (60° – ) cot (60° + ) = cot 3
3
(v) (a) sin2 + sin2 (60° + ) + sin2 (60° – ) =
2
3
(b) cos2 + cos2 (60° + ) + cos2 (60° – ) =
2
(c) tan + tan(60° + ) + tan(120° + ) = 3tan3

(vi) (a) If tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A tan B tan C, then A + B + C = n, n  I

(b) If tan A tan B + tan B tan C + tan C tan A = 1, then A+B+C = (2n + 1) , n  I
2
sin(2 )
n
(vii) cos cos 2 cos 4 .... cos (2n – 1) = n
2 sin 

(viii) (a) cotA – tanA = 2cot2A (b) cotA + tanA = 2cosec2A

Miscellaneous Illustration :
A B C D 1
Illustration 18 : If A,B,C and D are angles of a quadrilateral and sin sin sin sin = , prove
2 2 2 2 4
that A = B = C = D = /2.
 A B  C D
Solution :  2sin sin   2sin sin  = 1
 2 2  2 2
  A−B  A + B    C − D   C + D 
 cos   − cos    cos   − cos   = 1
  2   2    2   2 
Since, A + B = 2 – (C + D), the above equation becomes,
  A−B  A + B    C − D   A + B 
 cos   − cos    cos   + cos   = 1
  2   2    2   2 
 A+B   A−B  C − D 
 cos2   – cos  A + B  cos   − cos   +
 2   2    2   2 
A−B C−D= 0
1 – cos   cos  
 2   2 
A+B
This is a quadratic equation in cos   which has real roots.
 2 
2
  A−B  C − D    A−B  C − D 
 cos   − cos    −4 1 − cos   .cos    0
  2   2    2   2 
A−B C−D
2

 cos + cos  4
 2 2 
A−B C−D A−B C−D
 cos + cos  2, Now both cos and cos 1
2 2 2 2
A−B C−D A−B C−D
 cos = 1 &cos =1  =0=
2 2 2 2
 A = B, C = D.
Similarly A = C, B = D  A = B = C = D = /2
 EXERCISE - 1
Section (D) : Conditional Identities & Trigonometric Series (Subjective)
D-1. For all values of    prove that,
𝛼+𝛽 𝛽+𝛾 𝛾+𝛼
cos⁡ 𝛼 + cos⁡ 𝛽 + cos⁡ 𝛾 + cos⁡(𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾) = 4cos⁡ ⋅ cos⁡ ⋅ cos⁡
2 2 2
𝜋
D-2 If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = show that, sin 2x + sin 2y + sin 2z = 4cosx cosy cosz.
2

D-3. If x + y =  + z, then prove that sin2x + sin2y – sin2z = 2 sin x sin y cos z .
D-4. If A + B + C = 2S then prove that
A B C
cos⁡(S − A) + cos⁡(S − B) + cos⁡(S − C) + cos⁡ S = 4cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡
2 2 2

D-5. If A + B + C = 0° then prove that sin 2A + sin 2B + sin 2C = – 4 sin A sin B sin C
D-6. If  is the exterior angle of a regular polygon of n sides and  is any constant, then prove that
sin  + sin ( + ) + sin ( +2) + ............ up to n terms = 0
𝑛 sin⁡ 𝑛𝜃cos⁡(𝑛+1)𝜃
D-7. Prove that sin2 ⁡ 𝜃 + sin2 ⁡ 2𝜃 + sin2 ⁡ 3𝜃 + ⋯ … + sin2 ⁡ 𝑛𝜃 = −
2 2sin⁡ 𝜃

D-8. Prove that :

2𝜋 4𝜋 6𝜋 1
(i) cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ =
7 7 7 8
𝜋 2𝜋 3𝜋 4𝜋 5𝜋 1
(ii) cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ =
11 11 11 11 11 32

D-9. If 2 cos x + sin x = 1, then find the sum of all possible values of 7 cos x + 6 sin x.

Section (D) : Conditional Identities & Trigonometric Series (Objective)

D-1. In a triangle tan A + tan B + tan C = 6 and tan A tan B = 2, then the values of tan A, tan B and
tan C are respectively
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 3, 1 (C) 1, 2, 0 (D) none of these
D-2 tan  + 2 tan 2 + 4 tan 4 + 8 cot 8  =
(A) tan  (B) cot  (C) cot 16 (D) 16 cot 
𝜋 2𝜋 3𝜋 4𝜋 5𝜋 6𝜋
D-3. The value of cos⁡ 0 + cos⁡ + cos⁡ + cos⁡ + cos⁡ + cos⁡ + cos⁡ is
7 7 7 7 7 7
(A) 1/2 (B) − 1/2 (C) 0 (D) 1
𝜋 2𝜋 4𝜋 8𝜋 16𝜋
D-4. The value of cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ cos⁡ is
10 10 10 10 10
√10+2√5 cos⁡(𝜋/10) cos⁡(𝜋/10) √10+2√5
(A) (B) − (C) (D) −
64 16 16 16
𝜋 3𝜋 5𝜋 17𝜋
D-5. The value of cos⁡ + cos⁡ + cos⁡ + ⋯ . . . +cos⁡ is equal to :
19 19 19 19
(A) 1/2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
3𝜋
D-6. If 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 = , then cos 2A + cos2B + cos2C is equal to
2
(A) 1 – 4cos A cosB cosC (B) 4 sin A sin B sin C
(C) 1 + 2 cos A cos B cos C (D) 1– 4 sin A sin B sin C
D-7. If A + B + C =  & cosA = cosB. cosC then tanB. tanC has the value equal to:
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 (D) 3
D-8. If Pn = cosn + sinn and Qn = cosn – sinn, then which of the following is/are true.
(A) Pn – Pn–2 = – sin2 cos2 Pn–4 (B) Qn – Qn–2 = – sin2 cos2 Qn–4
(C) P4 = 1 – 2 sin2 cos2 (D) Q4 = cos2 – sin2
 EXERCISE - 2
1. If sin x + sin x = 1, then the value of cos2x + cos4x is -
2

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3

2. 2(sin6 + cos6) – 3(sin4 + cos4) + 1 is equal to -

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) 6
3. cos248° – sin212° is equal to -
5 −1 5 +1 3 −1 3 +1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 4 2 2
sin8 cos  − sin 6 cos3
4. The expression is equals -
cos 2 cos  − sin 3 sin 4
(A) tan (B) tan 2 (C) sin 2 (D) cos2
 +
tan
5. If 3 sin  = 5 sin , then 2 =
 −
tan
2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

sin(A − C) + 2sin A + sin(A + C)

6. is equal to -
sin(B − C) + 2sin B + sin(B + C)
sin A cos A sin C
(A) tan A (B) (C) (D)
sin B cos B cos B

1 + sin 2 + cos 2
7. =
1 + sin 2 − cos 2
1 1
(A) tan (B) cot  (C) tan  (D) cot 
2 2

8. If A = tan 6º tan 42º and B = cot 66º cot 78º, then -

(A) A = 2B (B) A = 1/3B (C) A = B (D) 3A = 2B

2 4
9. If x = ycos = z cos then xy + yz + zx =
3 3
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

10. If tan = (1+2–x)–1, tan = (1+2x+1)–1, then  +  =

(A) /6 (B) /4 (C) /3 (D) /2

11. If tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A. tan B. tan C, then -

(A) A,B,C must be angles of a triangle
(B) the sum of any two of A,B,C is equal to the third
(C) A+B+C must be n integral multiple of 
(D) None of these

12. The value of sin10º + sin20º + sin30º+....+ sin 360º is equal to -

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2

13. The number of real solutions of the equation sin(ex) = 2x + 2–x is -

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) Infinite
 x+y
14. If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin  = 0, then cot  =
 2 
(A) sin (B) cos  (C) cot  (D) 2 sin 

 3 5
15. The value of sin sin sin is :-
14 14 14
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
16 8 2

16. If x sin3  + ycos3  = sin .cos  and x sin  − y cos  = 0 , then x2 + y2 is equal to (where x, y
are non-zero real numbers)
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

cos3 10 + sin 3 20

17. The value of is equal to
cos10 + sin 20
1 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 3 4

 2   4     7 
18. If f () = sin3 + sin3   +  + sin3   +  then the value of f   + f   is equal to
 3  3  18   18 
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 0

19. 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

5 1 − sin x + 1 + sin x
20. If < x < 3, then the value of the expression is
2 1 − sin x − 1 + sin x
x x x x
(A) –cot (B) cot (C) tan (D) –tan
2 2 2 2

96sin 80º sin 65º sin 35º

21. The exact value of is equal to
sin 20º + sin 50º + sin110º
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) –12 (D) 48

 
22. The value of cosec – 3 sec is a
18 18
(A) surd (B) rational which is not integral
(C) negative integer (D) natural number

23. If cos( + ) + sin ( – ) = 0 and 2010tan  + 1 = 0, then tan is equal to

1
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2010 (D)
2010
24. In a right angled triangle the hypotenuse is 2 2 times the perpendicular drawn from the opposite
vertex. Then the other acute angles of the triangle are
   3    3
(A) and (B) and (C) and (D) and
3 6 8 8 4 4 5 10
 1 1 1 1
25. The value of cot 7 º + tan 67 º –cot 67 º – tan 7 º is :
2 2 2 2
(A) a rational number (B) irrational number
(C) 2(3 + 2 3 ) (D) 2 (3 – 3 )

Paragraph for Question Nos. 26 to 28

Consider the polynomial P(x) = (x – cos 36°)(x – cos 84°)(x – cos156°)
26. The coefficient of x2 is
1 5 −1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) − (D)
2 

27. The coefficient of x is

3 3 3
(A) (B) − (C) − (D) zero
2 2 4
28. The absolute term in P(x) has the value equal to
5 −1 5 −1 5 +1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 16 16 16

n sin A cos A
29. If tanB = then tan(A + B) equals
1 − n cos2 A
sin A (n − 1)cos A sin A sin A
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1 − n) cos A sin A (n − 1) cos A (n + 1) cos A

2 cos  − 1  
30. If cos = then tan · cot has the value equal to {where ,   (0, )}
2 − cos  2 2
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3

31. If y = sec2 + cos2,   0, then – [AIEEE-2002]

(A) y = 0 (B) y  2 (C) y  – 2 (D) y > 2

1 − tan 2 15
32. The value of = [AIEEE-2002]
1 + tan 2 15
3
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) (D) 2
2

33. If  is a root of 25 cos2 + 5 cos  – 12 = 0, <  < , then sin 2 = [AIEEE-2002]
2
24 24 13 13
(A) (B) − (C) (D) −
25 25 18 18
1
34. If sin ( + ) = 1, sin ( – ) = , then tan ( + 2) tan (2 + ) = [AIEEE-2002]
2
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) zero (D) None of these

4
35. If tan  = –
, then sin  is - [AIEEE-2002]
3
4 4 4 4 4 4
(A) – but not (B) – or (C) but not – (D) None of these
5 5 5 5 5 5
 4xy
36. sec2 = is true if and only if - [AIEEE-2003]
( x + y)
2

(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y, x  0 (C) x = y (D) x  0, y  0

37. Let ,  be such that < – < 3. [AIEEE-2004]

21 27  −
If sin  + sin  = − and cos + cos = − , then the value of cos is
65 65 2
3 3 6 −6
(A) – (B) (C) (D)
130 130 65 65


38. If  +  = and  +  =  then tan  equals - [JEE 2001 Screening, 1M out of 35M]
2
(A) 2(tan  + tan ) (B) tan + tan  (C) tan  + 2tan  (D) 2 tan  + tan 
1 1
39. If  and  are acute angles satisfying sin  = , cos = , then  + 
2 3
[JEE 2004 Screening]
     2   2  5   5 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 3 2 2 3   3 6   6 

40. In an equilateral triangle, 3 coins of radii 1 unit each are kept so that they touch each other and
also the sides of the triangle. Area of the triangle is – [JEE 2005 Screening]

7 3 7 3
(A) 4 + 2 3 (B) 6 + 4 3 (C) 12 + (D) 3 +
4 4
 EXERCISE - 3
1. Prove that : cos2 + cos2 ( + ) – 2cos  cos  cos ( + ) = sin2

2. Prove that : cos 2 = 2 sin2 + 4cos ( + ) sin  sin  + cos 2( + )

3. Prove that :
(a) tan 20° . tan 40° . tan 60° . tan 80° = 3
(b) tan 9° – tan 27° – tan 63° + tan 81° = 4 .
 3 5 7 3
(c) sin4 + sin4 + sin4 + sin4 =
16 16 16 16 2

7  3 7  3
4. If X = sin   +  +sin 

 
  −  +sin   +
 ,Y = cos 
 +
 + cos 

 
  −  +cos   +
,

 12   12   12   12   12   12 
X Y
then prove that − = 2tan2.
Y X

m+n
5. If m tan( – 30°) = n tan ( + 120°), show that cos2 = .
2(m − n)

4 5 
6. If cos ( + ) = ; sin ( – ) = &  ,  lie between 0 & , then find the value of tan 2.
5 13 4

a+ b
7. If the value of the expression sin25°. sin35°.sin85° can be expressed as , where a,b,c  N
c
and are in their lowest form, find the value of (a + b + c).

8. Prove that (4 cos29° – 3) (4 cos227° – 3) = tan9°.

 tan A 
9. If A + B + C = , prove that   tan B.tan C  =  (tan A) – 2(cot A)

10. If  +  = , prove that cos2 + cos2 + cos2 = 1 + 2 cos  cos  cos .

 (2k − 1)   (2k + 1)   (4k − 1) 

11. Let P(k) = 1 + cos  1 + cos  1 + cos  1 + cos  , then find the
 4k  4k  4k  4k 
value of (a) P(5) and (b) P(6).

12. Calculate without using trigonometric tables :

(a) 4cos20° – 3 cot 20°
2cos 40º − cos 20º
(b)
sin 20º
 3 5 7
(c) cos6 + cos6 + cos6 + cos6
16 16 16 16
(d) tan10° – tan50° + tan70°

13. Given that (1 + tan 1°) (1 + tan2°)....(1 + tan45°) = 2n, find n.

14. In a right angled triangle, acute angles A and B satisfy

tan A + tanB + tan2A + tan2B + tan3A + tan3B = 70
find the angle A and B in radians.
15. If tan25º + tan85º + tan145º = a + b c , where a, b, c  I and c is a prime number, then value of
(a + b + c) is :

16. Given positive angles (in degree) A, B and C with A + B + C = 90º.

Find the characteristics of x to base 10, if 100 tan A = 200 tan B = 300 tan C = x.

  2 
1 + sin   − cos  
17. The sum of solutions of the equation tan x = 5  5  , in the interval [0, 3]is

   2 
cos   + sin  
5  5 
p
equal to where p & q are coprime then the value of (p – 6q) is
q

1
18. If P(x) = x + and P(tan ) = 2, P(tan ) = 2 2 , P(cot ) = 4, where , ,  are acute angles
x
m
and sum of all possible distinct values of ,  and  is given by where m & n are coprimes
n
then find the value of (m + n).
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10 : (i) 0 (ii) 1

EXERCISE - 1
Section (D) : Conditional Identities & Trigonometric Series (Objective)
D-1. (A) D-2. (B) D-3. (D) D-4. (B) D-5. (A) D-6. (D) D-7. (C)
D-8. (A), (B), (C), (D)

EXERCISE - 2
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. D
8. C 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. C
15. B 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. B
22. D 23. B 24. B 25. B 26. A 27. C 28. B
29. A 30. D 31. C 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. B
36. B 37. A 38. C 39. B 40. B

EXERCISE - 3
56 3− 5 2− 3
6. 7. 24 11. (a) ; (b)
33 32 16
5  5
12. (a) –1, (b) 3, (c) , (d) 3 13. n = 23 14. and
4 12 12
15. 12 16. 2 17. 3 18. 9