Webinar – 7B Trigonometry

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30. The maximum value of 3cos   5sin     for any real value of  is:
 6

79
(1) (2) 31 (3) 19 (4) 34
2

Trig, 12 Jan, M

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10. The value of cot  cot 1  1 
  2 p   is :
 n 1 
  p 1 

23 19 22 21
(1) (2) (3) (4)
22 21 23 19

Trig, 10 Jan, E

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17. The value of cos 2
. cos 3
.........cos 10
. sin is :
2 2 2 210

1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
512 1024 2 256

Trig, 10 Jan, E

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8. If 0  x  , then the number of values of x for which sin x  sin 2 x  sin 3 x  0 , is:
2

(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 2

Trig, 9 Jan, E

22. Considering only the principal values of inverse functions, the set

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A   x  0 : tan 1 (2 x)  tan 1 (3 x)  
 4

(1) Is an empty set (2) Contains two elements

(3) Contains more than two elements (4) Is a singleton

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2
61.    
All x satisfying the inequality cot 1 x  7 cot 1 x  10  0 , lie in the interval:

(1)  cot 2,   (2)  , cot 5  (cot 2, )

(3)  cot 5, cot 4  (4)  , cot 5   cot 4, cot 2 

Trig, 11 Jan, E

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26. The sum of all values of   0,  satisfying sin 2 2  cos 4 2  is:
 2 4

3 5 
(1)  (2) (3) (4)
8 4 2

Trig, 10 Jan, M

19. If x  sin 1 (sin 10) and y  cos 1 (cos 10), then y  x is equal to:

(1) 10 (2)  (3) 7 (4) 0

Trig, 9 Jan, E

 2   3   3
13. If cos1    cos1     x   , then x is equal to:
 3x   4x  2  4

145 145 146 145

(1) (2) (3) (4)
11 10 12 12

Trig, 9 Jan, M

3. In a triangle, the sum of lengths of two sides is x and the product of the lengths of the
same two sides is y. If x 2  c 2  y , where c is the length of the third side of the triangle,
then the circumradius of the triangle is

c c 3 y
(1) (2) (3) y (4)
3 3 2 3
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17. For any   ,  , the expression 3(sin   cos ) 4  6(sin   cos ) 2  4sin 6  equals:
4 2

(1) 13  4cos 2   6sin 2  cos 2  (2) 13  4cos 4   2sin 2  cos 2 

(3) 13  4cos 6  (4) 13  4 cos 2   6cos 4 

Trig, 9 Jan, M

16. Consider a triangular plot ABC with sides AB = 7 m, BC = 5m and CA = 6m. A vertical lamp-
post at the mid point D of AC subtends an angle 30° at B. The height (in m) of the lamp-post
is:

2 3
(1) 21 (2) 2 21 (3) 7 3 (4) 21
3 2

Trig, 10 Jan, M

bc ca ab cos A cos B cos C

30. Given   for a ABC with usual notation. If   , then the
11 12 13   
ordered triad  , ,   has a value:

(1) (3, 4, 5) (2) (5, 12, 13) (3) (7, 19, 25) (4) (19, 7, 25)

Trig, 11 Jan, E

27. With the usual notation, in ABC , if A  B  120 , a  3  1 and b  3  1, then

the ratio A : B, is :

(1) 5:3 (2) 3:1 (3) 9:7 (4) 7:1

Trig, 10 Jan, E

3. If sin 4   4 cos 4   2  4 2 sin cos  ; ,  0 ,  , then cos      cos     is equal

to:
(1) –1 (2) 2 (3)  2 (4) 0
Trig, 12 Jan, E
26. If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point P which is 25 m above a lake be 30° and the
angle of depression of reflection of the cloud in the lake from P be 60°, then the height of the
cloud (in meters) from the surface of the lake is:
(1) 45 (2) 42 (3) 50 (4) 60
Trig, 12 Jan, E