Unit 5: Trigonometry

For Q.No. 4 (a) Group 'A' in Secondary

20) If cosA =
1
2 (𝑎 +
1
𝑎 ), verify that: (i)
Education Examination (SEE)
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cos2A =
1
2 (𝑎 2
+
1
2
𝑎 ) (ii) cos 3A =
1
2
1) If sinA = , find the value of cos2A.
2) If sinA =
5
1
2
, find the value of cos2A.
(𝑎 3
+
1
𝑎
3 )
3) Express cos2A in terms of sinA.
21) If cos
α
2
=
1
2 (𝑝 +
1
𝑝 ) , verify that cos
4)
5)
Express sin2A in terms of cotA.
Express sin2A in terms of tanA.
α=
1
2 (𝑝 3
+
𝑝
1
3 )
6) Express sin3X in terms of sinX. 22) If cos
α
3
=
1
2 (𝑏 +
1
𝑏 ) , verify that cos
7) Express cos3Y in terms of cosY.
8) Express tanA in terms of tan
𝐴
2
.
α=
1
2 (𝑏 3
+
𝑏
1
3 )
𝐴 1
9) If sinA =
5
, find the value of sin2A. 23) If sin 3
= 2
, prove that : (i) sin A = 1
13
10) Using the formula of cos2A, prove that (ii) cos A=0.
3 24
1− 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 24) If sinA = 5
, show that tan 2A = 7
.
sinA = ± 2
.
𝐴 3 24
25) If tan = , show that sinA= .
11) Using the formula of cos2A, prove that 2 4 25
𝑏
1+ 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 26) If tan = 𝑎 , prove that acos2θ +bsin2θ
cosA = ± 2
.
=a.
For Q.No. 9(a), 9(b) or 9(c) Group 'B' in
1
Secondary Education Examination (SEE). 27) cos2A = sin4B (If tanA = 7 and tanB =
12) Express 2sin61°. sin39° as sum or 1
, verify that: cos2A=sin4B.
3
difference form.
28) If A +B+C= πc and cosA = cosB cosC,
13) Express sin50° + sin20° as the product
prove that: (i) tanA = tanB + tanC (ii)
form. 1
θ 3 cotB. cotC = .
14) If sin 2
+ 5
, find the value of cosθ. 2
𝑐
π
15) If sin
𝐴
+
1 37
, prove that tanA = 55 . 29) If A+B+C = 2
and sin A.sinB = sinC,
3 5
7 prove that cotA.cotB = 2.
16) If cos2A= , show that sinA = 𝑐.
8 For Q.No. 9(a), 9(b) or 9(c) Group 'B' in
11 6
17) If cos 2A= 25
, show that cosA= . Secondary Education Examination (SEE)
5 2
30) Prove that:
18) If cos 45° =
1
2
(
prove that sin, 22 2)
1 o
a) cos2(45o+A) - sin2(45o+A) =
1 -sin2A
= 2
2 + 2. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴
b) 𝑠𝑒𝑐2𝐴
+ 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐2𝐴
= sin3A
3
19) If cos 330°= 2
, prove that cos 165o = - 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴
c) 𝑠𝑒𝑐2𝐴
- 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐2𝐴
= cos3A
( 3+1
2 2 ). d) 1-2sin2 (
𝑐
π
4 )
− θ = sin2θ

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 2 𝑜
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛 (45 −θ) 𝑐
e) 2 𝑜 = sin2θ bb) 2cos
π
= 2+ 2 + 2
1+ 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (45 −θ) 16

( )
𝑐
2
f) 2 cos2
π
− θ = 1+sin2θ cc) 1 - cos2θ + 2 cos θ = 2
4
𝑐 𝑐
dd) tanθ (1 + cos2θ) = sin2θ
π π
g) 8 cos3 9
- 6 cos 9
=1 ee) cotθ (1 - cos2θ) = sin2θ
h) 8cos 20 - 8sin 10 -6cos20o +
3 o 3 o ff) cotA - cot2A = cosec2A
6sin10o =2 gg) cot2α + tanα = cosec2α
i) sin2A.cosA+cos2A.sinA = hh) cos4A - sin4A = cos2A
sin4A.cos4A.sinA ii) tan15o = 2 - 3
j) (2cosA + 1) (2cosA - 1) = 31) Prove that:
2cos2A + 1 a)
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
= tan2 2
𝐴
1 1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
k) sinA . cos2A = 4
sin4A. sec A 2
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2θ
b) 1+𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴+𝑠𝑖𝑛2θ
= tanθ
l) 8 sinA. cosA. cos2A. cos4A =
𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝐴
sin8A c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴
- 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 =2
m) 16cos12°. cos24°. cos48° . cos θ
d) cosecθ - cotθ = tan 2
84° = 1
𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
θ θ
n) sin 2 . cos3 2 + cos 2 .sin3 2 = 2
θ θ 1 e) 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴
= cot A
𝑜 𝑜
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠20 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛20
sin θ f) 𝑜 𝑜 = tan 20o
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠20 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛20
o) (sinθ + cosθ)2 - (sinθ - cosθ)2 = 1
2 sin2θ g) cosA. cos2A. cos4A = 2
p) 1 + tanA. tan2A = sec2A h) tanA - cotA= -2cot 2A
θ
2 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛4𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 − 1+ 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
q) cos A - sin A = 2𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴 i) = tan
θ
θ 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 − 1+ 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴
r) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴
=tanA j) cos4A - sin4A = cos2A
𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴
s) 2 =2cotA k) sin 75° + sin 15° =
3
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 2
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴 𝐴
t) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴
= tan 2 l) 2 cos2 (45° - θ) - 1 = sin2θ
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝐴 For Q.No. 16 Group 'C' in Secondary
u) = cot 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 Education Examination (SEE)
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝐴
v) 1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
= cot2 2 32) Prove that:
w) cot 75° + tan 75° = 4 a) 16sin20° sin30o sin40o. sin80o =
x) 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ = cos 2 + sin 2
θ θ 3
3 1 1
2 𝐴 2 𝐴 b) cos4A= 8 + cos2A +
y) 1- cosA =8sin 4
.cos 4
2 8

𝐴 𝐴
cos4A
z) cot - tan =2cotA
2 2 c) cosec 10° - 3 sec 10° = 4
(
aa) cot 22
1 o
2 ) - tan 22 ( 2)
1 o
=2 d) 4(cos6θ - sin6θ) = cos3 2θ +
3cos2θ

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 e) sin2 A - cos2A cos2B = sin2B - 34) a) Express cos5A in terms of cosA
cos2B cos2A b) Express sin5A in terms of sinA
f) cotA - cot8A = cosec2A + 35) If
1
+
1
+
1
+
1
, prove
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵
cosec4A + cosec8A
g) cos6A + sin6A =
1
2
(1+
that: tanA.tanB = cot ( 𝐴+𝐵
2 )
1
36) If xcosθ + ysinθ =xcosα +ysinα, prove
3cos22A) = (5+3cos4A)
h) tan(60° + A). tan(60° - A) =
8 that: x= ycot ( θ+α
2 )
2 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴+1
Conditional Trigonometric Identities
2𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐴−1 For Q.No. 17 Group 'C' in Secondary
i) 2cosθ = Education Examination(SEE)
1) If A + B + C = 180°, prove that:
2+ 2 + 2 + 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠8θ a) sin2A + sin2B - sin2C = 4cosA .
𝑐 𝑐 𝑐
j) sin4
π
+ sin4
3π
+sin4
5π cosB .sinC.
8 8 8
𝑐 b) - cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1 -
7π 3
+sin4 8
= 2 4cosA . sinB . sinC
k) (1 + sec2A) (1 + sec4A) (1 + c) cosA - cosB + cosC = -1 + cos
𝐴 𝐵
sec8A) = tan8A. cotA . sin . sinC
2 2
2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 2𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝑥 2𝑠𝑖𝑛9𝑥
l) + + = 𝐴
𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠9𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠27𝑥 d) -sinA + sinB + sinC =4 cos 2
tan27x - tanx 𝐵 𝐶
.sin 2 .sin 2
m) cos3A + cos3= (120° + A) + cos3
(240° + A) =
3
cos3A. e) - cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1 -
4
2cosA. sinB. sinC
( )( )
𝑐 𝑐
π 3π
n) 1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 8
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 8 f) -sin2
𝐴
+sin2
𝐵 𝐶
+ sin2 2 = 1+
2 2

(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 )(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ) =

𝑐 𝑐
5π 7π 𝐴 𝐵 𝐶
2sin 2
. cos 2 .cos 2
8 8
1 g) sin2A - sin2B + sin2C = 2sinA.
8 cosB. sinC
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵−𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐴+𝐵) 𝐴
o) 1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵−𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐴+𝐵)
= tan 2 2) If A + B : C = πc, prove that:
𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐴−𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐵+𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐶
𝐵
.cot 2 a) 𝐵 𝐵 = 2cosA -
4𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 .𝑐𝑜𝑠 2
p) cosec2A - cot 4A = tanA + cosC
cosec4A b)
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
+
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵
+
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐶
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵.𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐶 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐶.𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴.𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵
q) tanθ + 2tan2θ + 4tan4θ + 8cot8
=2
θ = cotθ
c) sin(B + 2C) + sin(C + 2A) +
r) 4sin3A.cos3A + 4cos3A.sin3A =
3sin4A sin(A + 2B) = 4sin ( 𝐵−𝐶
2 ).sin
33) If 2tanA = 3tanB, prove that: tan (A -
𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝐵
( 𝐶−𝐴
2 ).sin( 𝐴−𝐵
2 )
B)= 5−𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝐵

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 𝐴
d) cos 2 .cos
𝐵−𝐶
2 ( ) 𝐵
+ cos 2 .cos 13) 2sin2x = 3
14) tanx + cotx = 2
( 𝐶−𝐴
2 ) 𝐶
+cos 2 .cos (
𝐴−𝐵
2 )= 15) 2 sinx = tanx
sinA + sinB + sinC θ θ
e) sin (B + C - A) + sin(C + A - B) 16) sin2θ = 2sin 2 .cos 2
+ sin(A + B - C) = 4sin(B + C), 17) tan2θ - cotθ = 0
sin(C + A) . sin(A + B) 18) sin3θ - cos7θ = 0
𝐴 𝐵 𝐶 19) sin3θ = cos(θ - 6º)
f) cos 2 + cos 2
+ cos 2 = 4cos
θ θ 1
20) sin2 3 - sin + 4 =0
( π−𝐴
4 ) (π−𝐵
.cos 4 .cos 4 ) (
π−𝐶
) θ
3
θ 1
𝐴 𝐵 𝐶 21) cos2 3 - cos 3 + 4 = 0
g) sin 2 +sin 2 + sin 2 = 1+4sin
θ 2 θ 1
22) tan2 3 - tan 3 + 3 = 0
( π−𝐴
4 ) (π−𝐵
.sin 4 . sin 4 ) (
π−𝐶
) 2 𝑜
3
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛 (45 +θ) 1
h) cosA. sinB. sinC + cosB. sinC. 23) 2 𝑜 =
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛 (45 −θ) 2
sinA + cosC. sinA. sinB = 1 +
24) cos2 (45° + θ) - sin2 (45° + θ) = sin4θ
cosA. cosB. cosC
( )
𝑐
π
i) sinA. cosB. cosC + sinB. cosC . 25) 1- 2sin2 4
− θ = cos2θ
cosA + sin C. cosA . cosB = θ θ
sinA. sinB . sin C 26) 4cos2 2 + 4cos 2 - 3=0
𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
Solution of Trigonometric Equation 27) + = cos3θ
𝑠𝑒𝑐2θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐2θ
For Q.No. 4(b) Group A' in Secondary
For Q.No. 17 Group 'C' in Secondary
Education Examination SEE
Education Examination (SEE)
Solve:(0o ≤ x ≤ 90o)
(Solve): (0 ≤ θ ≤ 360º)
1) sin(θ + 24°) = cosθ
28) 2sin2x + 3cosx - 3 = 0
2) 3tan2θ=1 29) 4sec2x- 7tan2x = 3
3) sinx - cosx = 0
30) 2 3sin2θ - cosθ= 0
4) cosecθ = secθ
5) 3seс2х - 4 = 0 31) sinθ +cosθ = 2
6) 2 secx - 2 = 0 32) 3sinx + cosx =1
1
7) cosec3θ = sec2θ 33) cosθ + sinθ = 3
3
8) sinx - cos2x=0
𝑥 𝑥 34) 1- 3 tanθ = secθ
9) 2sin 2 .cos 2
=1
35) 3 secθ -tanθ = 3
10) 1- sin2(45o-x)=cos2x
1 36) 3tanx = secx-1
11) cos2x + =1
4 37) tan2θ + ( 3 +1) tanθ + 3=0
12) cos2x. cosx - sin2x . sinx = sin3x 1
38) cot2θ+( 3 + ) cotθ + 1=0
For Q.No. 9(a), 9(b) or 9(c) Group 'B' in 3
Secondary Education Examination (SEE) 39) (1- 3) tanθ + 1 + 3= 3sec2θ
Solve:(0o ≤ x ≤ 180o) 40) cosx + cos2x + cos3x = 0

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 41) sinx + sin2x + sin3x = 0 of elevation of C from a point on the
Height and Distance ground is 30°. What is the angle of
For Q.No. 18 Group 'C' in Secondary elevation of A from the same point,
Education Examination (SEE.) where B is the foot of the pole?
1) From the two points on the same place 7) The angle of depression of the top of an
and same side of a house, the angles of electric pole 20m high from the top of a
elevation of the top of the house are tower is 30° and the angle of elevation
found to be 60° and 30° respectively. If of the top of the tower from the foot of
the distance between two points be the pole is 45° Find the height of the
40m,find the distance of the nearest tower.
point from the house and the height of 8) From the top of a cliff 100m high, the
the house. angles of depression of the top and
2) The angles of elevation of the top of a bottom of a tower are observed to be 30°
tower as observed from the distances of and 60°respectively. Find the height of
16m and 36m from the bottom of the the tower.
tower are found to be complementary. 9) If the angles of depression and elevation
Find the height of the tower. of the top of a pole 20m high from the
3) From a point at a ground in front of a top and bottom of a tower are 60° and
tower the angle of elevations of the top 30° respectively, find the height of the
and bottom of flagstaff 6m high situated tower.
at the top of the tower are observed to be 10) From the top of the tower, 80m high, the
60° and 45° respectively. Find the height measures of the angles of depression of
of the tower and the distance between two objects due east of the tower are
the base of the tower and the point of found to be 45° and 60° respectively.
observation Find the distance between the objects.
4) The angles of elevation and depression 11) The angle of elevation of the top of an
of a top and bottom of a reflector of a incomplete house as observed from the
tele- communication as observed from point on the ground is 30°. If the height
the top of a 15m high home are 45° and of the incomplete house is 30m, how
15° respectively. Find the height of the high the house must be raised so that the
reflector. angle of elevation of the top of the
5) Two pillars are at a distance of 40m. The complete house as observed from the
angles of elevation of the tops of the same point on the ground is 45°?
pillars from the point mid-way between 12) The ladder of length 20 ft. is leaned on
them are found to be complementary. If the top of a wall, which makes an angle
the height of one pillar is double of the of 60° with the ground. The ladder
other, find their heights. slides 7.32 ft. below the top along the
6) A vertical pole AB is divided by a point wall, find the new angle that the ladder
C such that AC : CB = 2: 1. The angle makes with the ground.

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13) The ladder of length 20 ft. is leaned on
the top of a wall, which makes an angle
of 60° with the ground. The ladder
slides 7.32 ft. below the top along the
wall, find the new angle that the ladder
makes with the ground.
14) A tower and a flagstaff on the top of a
tower subtend angles of 30° and 15°
respectively at a point on the ground. If
the length of the flagstaff is 15 feet, find
the distance of the point on the ground
from the foot of the tower and also find
the height of the tower.

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