Trigonometry

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• Trigonometric Identities QA - 33
• Height and Distance CEX-Q-0234/18

Number of questions : 30

1. Find the degree measure corresponding 7. The value of the expression

π
c ( ) (
2 cos 4 60° + sin4 30° − tan2 60° + cot 2 45° )
to the   .
9 +3 sec 2 30° is :
(1) 24° (2) 20° 4 1
(1) (2)
(3) 22°30’ (4) 18° 3 3
1 1
2. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius 6 (3) (4)
4 2 3
cm subtending a central angle measuring 18°.
5π 20π
(1) cms (2) cms 8. In a right angled ∆ABC, right angled at B. If
12 3 ∠ACB = θ, AB = 1cm, BC = 2 cm, then the
3π 6π value of cos2 θ + cot 2 θ is _____ cm.
(3) cm (4) cm
5 7
(1) 10/23 (2) 5/24
(3) 24/5 (4) 23/10
3. The value of the expression
tan1° tan2° tan3° ... tan89° is ____.
12
9. If cotB = , then tan2B – sin2B = ?
4. If sin(θ + 36°) = cosθ, where θ + 36° is an 5
acute angle, then θ is (1) cot2B – cosec2B (2) sin2B tan2B
(3) sin2B cot2B (4) None of these
3 sin62° sec 42°
5. Evaluate: −
cos 28° cos ec48° m 2 − n2
10. If sin θ = , determine the value of
m 2 + n2
6. The value of the expression tan θ .
tan5°tan25°tan30°tan45°tan65°tan85° is:
m 2 − n2 m2 − n2
1 (1) (2)
(1) 3 (2) 2 m 4 − n4 2mn
3

1 m2 + n2 m 2 + n2
(3) 1 (4) (3) (4)
2 2mn 2 m 4 − n4

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11. Find the value of cos240° cos120° – sin240° 7 1
sin120°. 18. If tan A = and tanB = , then the value of
8 15
(1) 0 (2) –1
A+B=
(3) 4 (4) 1 (1) π /3 (2) π /4
(3) π /2 (4) π
1 + sin θ
12. The value of is: 1 + cos 2A + sin2A
1 − sin θ
19. Find the value of .
1 − cos 2A + sin2A
(1) sec θ − cot θ (2) cot θ − sec θ
(1) cot A (2) –cot A
(3) sec θ + tan θ (4) sin θ + cos θ (3) cot 2A (4) tan A

13. Find the value of cot4A – 1. 20. A circus artist is climbing from the ground along
(1) cosec4A – 2cosec2A a rope, stretched from the top of vertical pole
(2) sec A + tan A and tied at the ground. The height of the pole
(3) 2cosec2A – 4cosec4A is 8 m and the angle made by the rope with
ground level is 30°. The distance covered by
(4) None of these
the artist in climbing to the top of the pole is
equal to ____.
14. What is the value of sin(θ + 45°) ?
24 3 16 3
(1) m (2) m
3 3 3
(1) (sin θ + cos θ) (2) 2(sin θ + cos θ)
2 (3) 24 m (4) 16 m

3 21. Find the angle of elevation of the sun when

(3) (sin θ − cos θ) (4) None of these
2 the length of the shadow of a vertical pole is
equal to its height.
(1) 30° (2) 60°
cot 2 θ − 1 (3) 40° (4) 45°
15. =?
cot 2 θ + 1
22. A ladder leaning against a wall makes an angle
(1) − cos 2θ (2) tan2θ of 60° with the ground. The distance between
the foot of the ladder and wall is
(3) cos 2θ (4) sinθ 36 m. Find the height of the wall.
(1) 66. 45 mts. (2) 92. 75 mts
16. Find the value of sin(60° + θ) − sin(60° − θ) . (3) 78. 85 mts (4) None of these

(1) 2 cos θ (2) 3 sinθ 23. A building 56 m high, has the angle of
depression 30° and 60°, for the top and bottom
(3) sinθ (4) cos θ of a vertical pole, respectively. Find the
horizontal distance between the pole and the
17. What is the value of 2sin75°.cos15°? building.
56
2+ 3 1+ 3 mts 56 3
(1)
2
(2)
2
(1)
(3 +1 ) (2)
3
mts

2+ 2 56
mts
(3)
3
(4) None of these (3)
( 3 −1 ) (4) None of these

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24. From the top of a building 60 m high, the 28. A boy is flying a kite whose string is 125 m
angles of depression of the top and the bottom long and it makes an angle of 30° with the
of a tower are observed to be 30° and 60° horizontal. Find the height of the kite above
respectively. The height of the tower is ____. the ground.
(1) 50 m (2) 40 m (1) 67.5 m (2) 88. 5 m
(3) 30 m (4) 20 m (3) 69.5 m (4) None of these

25. Rohit was moving towards the hill to have a 29. A ladder 40 m long rests against a wall. If the
sight scene from its top. At a certain point in feet of the ladder is 20 m from the wall, then
his way he found that the angle of depression the angle of elevation is ____.
to top of the hill was 45°. After travelling 30 m (1) 30° (2) 45°
towards the hill he found that the angle of (3) 60° (4) 90°
depression to the top of the hill how become
60°. Find the height of the hill. 30. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower
(1) 69.80 mts (2) 70.98 mts from a point on the ground is 30°. After walking
(3) 68.47 mts (4) None of these 200 m towards the tower, the angle of elevation
becomes 60°. The height of the tower is ____.
26. The shadow of a flag staff is three times as
(1) 100 3 m (2) 200 3 m
long as the shadow of the flag staff when the
sun rays meet the ground at an angle of 60°. (3) 100 m (4) 200 m
The angle between the sun rays and the ground
at the time of longer shadow is ____.
(1) 45° (2) 75°
(3) 15° (4) 30°

27. A beach rescue helicopter at an altitude of

250 m from the surface of the sea finds two
persons sinking in the sea. If the angle of
depression for the persons in opposite
directions are 60° and 30°, find the distance
between the two persons.

1000 1000
(1) mts (2) mts
( 3 −1 ) ( 3 +1 )
1000 1000
(3) mts (4) mts
3 3

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 Solutions CEX-Q-0234/18
QA - 33 : Trigonometry

1 2 2 3 3 1 4 27° 5 2 6 2 7 3 8 3 9 2 10 2
11 4 12 3 13 1 14 4 15 3 16 3 17 1 18 2 19 1 20 4
21 4 22 4 23 2 24 2 25 2 26 4 27 4 28 4 29 3 30 1

c 0 6. 2 tan5° tan 25° tan30° tan 45° tan 65° tan85°

π  π 180 
1. 2  9  =  9 × π  = 20° = ( tan5° tan85° )( tan25° tan65° ) tan30°
   
=  tan5° tan (90° − 5° )  tan 25° tan (90° − 25° ) tan30°
2. 3 Let l be the length of the arc subtending an angle
θ radian at the centre of a circle of radius r. Then = ( tan5° cot 5° )( tan25° cot 25° ) tan30°
c
l  π  = 1× 1×
1
=
1
θ= . We have, r = 6 cm and θ = 18° = 18 ×
r  180  3 3

c
 π 
θ=  7. 3 2(cos4 60° + sin4 30°) − (tan2 60° + cot 2 45°) + 3 sec 2 30°
 10 
 1  4  1  4   2  2 
2
π 6π 3π
( 3)
l l 2
∴θ = ⇒ = ⇒l= = = 2   +    −  + (1)  + 3  
r 10 6 10 5  2   2      3

tan1° tan2° tan3°...tan89°  1 1 4 1 1

 − (3 + 1) + 3 × 3 = 2 × − 4 + 4 =
3. = 2 +
 16 16  8 4
= tan (90° − 89° ) tan (90° − 88° ) tan (90° − 87° )
...tan87° tan88° tan89° 8. 3 A
= cot 89° cot 88° cot 87°...tan87° tan88° tan89°
√5 cm
1 cm
= (cot 89° tan89° )(cot 88° tan88° )(cot 87° tan87° )
θ
...(cot 44° tan 44°)tan 45° C 2 cm B
= 1 × 1 × 1 ... × 1 × 1 = 1 2 2
 2  2 4 4 24
cos2 θ + cot 2 θ =   +  = + =
4. sin (θ + 36° ) = cos θ  5  1 5 1 5

or cos 90° − (θ + 36° ) = cos θ 9. 2

13
∴ 90° − (θ + 36° ) = θ ⇒ 2θ = 54° ⇒ θ = 27°
5

3 sin62° sec 42°

5. − 12 B
cos 28° cos ec48°
2 2
 5   5 
3cos (90° − 62° ) cos ec (90° − 42° ) tan2 B − sin2 B =   −  
= −  12   13 
cos 28° cos ec48°
25 × 169 − 25 × 144 25 × 25
3cos 28° cos ec 48° = =
= − = 3(1) – 1 = 2 144 × 169 144 × 169
cos 28° cos ec 48°
[ Q sin (90° – θ) = cos θ, cosec (90° – θ) = sec θ] 2
 5   5  25 × 25
2
sin2 B tan2 B =     =
   
13 12 169 × 144

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 16. 3 We have, sin(60° + θ) − sin(60° − θ) = 2 cos 60°.sin θ
m2 − n2 m2 + n2
10. 2 sinθ = ⇒ cosec θ = [Q 2 cos A.sinB = sin(A + B) − sin(A − B)]
m2 + n2 m2 − n2
Squaring both side 1
= 2. .sin θ = sin θ
2
(m2 + n2 )
2

17. 1 2sin75°.cos15° = sin(75° + 15°) + sin(75° – 15°)

cosec2 θ=
(m2 − n2 )
2
By using [2sinA.cosB = sin(A + B) + sin(A – B)]

3 2+ 3
= sin90° + sin60° = 1 + =
m4 + n4 + 2m2n2 2 2
cot2 θ = cosec2 θ – 1 = –1
m4 + n4 − 2m2n2
tan A + tanB
4m2n2 18. 2 tan(A + B) =
cot 2 θ = 1 − tan A + tanB
(m2 − n2 )2
7 1
We have tan A = and tanB =
m2 − n2 8 15
tan θ =
2mn
7 1
+
105 + 8
11. 4 cos240° cos120° – sin240° sin120° tan(A + B) = 8 15 =
7 1 120 − 7
we can also write this as 1− .
8 15
⇒ cos(270° – 30°).cos(90° + 30°)
– sin(270° – 30°) sin( 90° + 30°) 113 π  π 
⇒ ( − sin30°)( − sin30°) − [− cos 30°.cos 30°]
tan(A + B) = = 1 = tan Q tan 4 = 1
113 4  

1 1 3 3 1 3 π
⇒ . + . = + =1 ∴A + B =
2 2 2 2 4 4 4

1 + sin θ 1 + sin θ 1 + sin θ (1 + cos 2A) + sin 2A 2 cos2 A + 2 sin A cos A

× = 19. 1 =
12. 3
1 − sin θ 1 + sin θ (1 − cos 2A) + sin 2A 2 sin2 A + 2 sin A cos A
1 − sin2 θ
Q (1 + cos 2θ = 2cos2 θ) and (1 − cos 2θ = 2sin2 θ)
1 + sin θ 1 + sin θ 1 sin θ  
= = = +
cos2 θ cos θ cos θ cos θ = sec θ + tan θ
2 cos A[cos A + sin A] cos A
= = = cot A
2 sin A[sin A + cos A] sin A
13. 1 cot 4 A − 1 = (cot 2 A)2 − 1 = (cot 2 A − 1)(cot 2 A + 1)
20. 4 A
= (cot 2 A − 1).cos ec 2 A [Q cos ec 2θ = 1 + cot 2 θ]
8m R o pe
= (cos ec 2 A − 1 − 1) cos ec 2 A = cos ec 4 A − 2 cos ec 2 A
P o le

14. 4 sin(θ + 45°) = sin θ.cos 45° + cos θ.sin 45° 3 0°

[using sin(A + B) = sinA cosB + cosA sinB] B C
In right-angled triangle ABC,
1 1 1
= sin θ. + cos θ. = [sin θ + cos θ] AB 1 8
2 2 2 sin30° = ⇒ = ⇒ AC = 16 m
AC 2 AC

cos2 θ 21. 4 A
2 −1
15. 3 We have cot θ − 1 sin2 θ
=
cot 2 θ + 1 cos ec 2θ

cos2 θ − sin2 θ sin2 θ θ

= × = cos2 θ − sin2 θ = cos 2θ
sin2 θ 1 B C
AC = height and BC = length of the shadow
(Q cos 2A = cos2 A − sin2 A) Let θ be the angle of elevation

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 AC ⇒ x = (60 − h ) 3 ... (i)
∴ tan θ = But AC = BC
BC In ∆APQ,
∴ tan θ = 1 ⇒ tan θ = tan 45° 60
tan60° =
∴ θ = 45° x

22. 4 A ⇒ 3x = 60 ⇒ (60 − h ) 3 × 3 = 60
⇒ 60 − h = 20 ⇒ h = 40 m

h 25. 2 Let height of the hill be AD mts.

In ∆ ABD
6 0°
B C AD
3 6m
tan 45° =
30 + CD
Let the height of the wall (AC) = h mts.
A
h
Q tan 60° =
36
∴ h = 36 × tan 60°
h
h = 36 3
h = 36 × 1.732 4 5° 6 0°
h = 62. 353 ; 62.35 mts. B C D
3 0m
A ⇒ AD = 30 + CD
23. 2
In ∆ ACD
3 0° AD AD AD
C E tan 60° = ⇒ CD = =
CD tan 60° 3
5 6m
Combining the two equations we have
AD
AD = CD + 30 ⇒ AD = + 30
6 0° 3
B D
In ∆ABD
( )
30 3
AD 3 − 1 = 30 3 ⇒ AD =
AB AB 56 3 −1
tan 60° = ⇒ BD = =
BD tan 60° 3 ⇒ AD = 15 (3 + 3) = 15 × 4.732 = 70.980 = 70.98 mts
56 56
= mts = 3 mtr. 26. 4
3 3 B

24. 2 Q
30°
60° h
6 0– h
6 0m
θ 60°
B uild ing

30° D C A
B C
x 2x x

h h
Let AB be the flag staff and let θ be the angle
Tow e r

In ∆ABC,
h h
60° tan 60° = ⇒ 3 = ⇒h= 3x
x x
A x P In ∆ABD,
In ∆BCQ,
h 3x 1
60 − h 1 60 − h tan θ = ⇒ tan θ = ⇒ tan θ = ⇒ θ = 30°
tan30° = ⇒ = 3x 3x 3
x 3 x

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27. 4 A 29. 3 B

L ad de r

2 50 m 4 0m
W a ll
6 0° 3 0°
B C D
Let A be the point where rescue helicopter was and θ
AC be the height of helicopter from surface. C 2 0m A
In ∆ABC Let θ be the angle of elevation. Then
AC AC 20 1
tan 60° = ⇒ AC = tan 60° × BC = 3 × BC cos θ = ⇒ cos θ = = ⇒ θ = 60°
BC CB 40 2
AC 250
BC = = m. 30. 1 A
3 3
In ∆ACD
h
AC AC 250
tan 30° = ⇒ CD = = = 250 3 m.
CD tan 30° 1 Tow e r
3
Q Distance between the two person = BC + CD 3 0° 6 0°
O 2 00 m C x B
250  1 
= + 250 3 = 250  + 3
3  3  In ∆ABC,
h h
 1 + 3  1000 tan60° = ⇒ 3= ... (i)
= 250  = mts. x x
 3  3
In ∆ABO,
h 1 h
28. 4 A tan30° = ⇒ = ... (ii)
200 + x 3 200 + x
From (i) and (ii),
1 25 m
h = 100 3 m

3 0°
B C
Let AC be the height of the kite above the ground.
AC
Q sin 30° =
AB

1
⇒ AC = AB × Sin 30° = 125 × = 62.5 m
2

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