24 Trig Identity Problems

cscθ = 1 sin(−θ) = −sinθ sin(π −θ) = sinθ sin2 θ + cos2 θ = 1

sinθ
cos(−θ) = cosθ cos(π −θ) = −cosθ tan2 θ + 1= sec2 θ
secθ = 1
cosθ tan(−θ) = −tanθ tan(π −θ) = −tanθ 1+ cot 2 θ = csc2 θ
tanθ = sinθ
cosθ sin(θ +2n π) = sinθ sin( π2 −θ) = cosθ 1−cos(2θ)
sin2 θ =
cot θ = cosθ cos(θ +2n π) = cosθ sec( π2 −θ) = cscθ 2
sinθ 1+ cos(2θ)
tan(θ +n π) = tanθ tan( π2 −θ) = cot θ cos2 θ =
2

sin(2θ) = 2sinθ cosθ

cos(2θ) = cos2 θ −sin2 θ
()
sin θ = ± 1−cosθ
2 2
1−sin2 θ = (1−sinθ)(1+ sinθ) = cos2 θ
1−cos2 θ = (1−cosθ)(1+ cosθ) = sin2 θ
= 2cos2 θ − 1 cos( θ ) = ± 1+ cosθ
2 2
= 1−2sin2 θ sinαcos β = 21 (sin(α − β)+ sin(α + β))
tan( θ ) = 1−cosθ sinαsinβ = 21 (cos(α − β)−cos(α + β))
2 sinθ
tan(2θ) = 2 tanθ2
1− tan θ
= sinθ cosαcos β = 21 (cos(α − β)+ cos(α + β))
1+ cosθ
sin(α + β) = sinαcos β + cosαsinβ sinα + sinβ = 2sin(α+2 β )cos(α −β
2 )
sin(α − β) = sinαcos β −cosαsinβ sinα −sinβ = 2sin(α −β
2 )cos ( 2 )
α+ β

cos(α + β) = cosαcos β −sinαsinβ

cosα + cos β = 2cos(α+2 β )cos(α −β
2 )
cos(α − β) = cosαcos β + sinαsinβ
cosα −cos β = −2sin(α+2 β )sin(α −β
2 )
tanα + tanβ
tan(α + β) =
1− tanα tanβ
tanα − tanβ a sinθ + b cosθ = k sin(θ + φ), where k = a 2 + b 2
tan(α − β) = a b
1+ tanα tanβ and φ satisfies cosφ = and sinφ =
a2 + b 2 a2 + b 2

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9/4/2023

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(Q1.) sin x + cot x cos x =
(A) csc x (B) sec x (C) cos x

sec x −cos x
(Q2.) =
sin x
(A) sec x (B) tan x (C) cot x

cot x
(Q3.) =
csc x −sin x
(A) tan x (B) csc x (C) sec x

1+ 2cos x
(Q4.) =
2 + sec x
(A) cos x (B) sin x (C) tan x

1 1
(Q5.) + =
1−sin x 1+ sin x
2
(A) 2 tan2 x (B) 2sec x (C) 2csc2 x

2 + cot 2 x
(Q6.) − 1=
csc2 x
(A) cos2 x (B) tan2 x (C) sin2 x

(
(Q7.) tan x + π =
4 )
1+ tan x 1+ 2 tan x 1− tan x
(A) (B) (C)
1− tan x 1− 2 tan x 1+ tan x

(Q8.) cos(3 x ) =
(A) 2cos3 x + 3cos x (B) 4 cos3 x −3cos x (C) −4 cos3 x + cos x

(Q9.) cos(4 x ) =
(A) 4 cos 4 x + 8cos2 x + 1 (B) 8cos 4 x − 4 cos2 x + 3 (C) 8cos 4 x −8cos2 x + 1

(Q10.) sec(sin−1 x ) =
1 x x
(A) (B) (C)
1− x 2 1− x 2 1+ x 2

(Q11.) cos(2 tan−1 x ) =

x2 1− x 2 1−2 x 2
(A) (B) 2 (C)
x2 +1 x +1 x2 +1

(Q12.) tan(2sin−1 x ) =
x 1− x 2 2 x 1−2 x 2 2 x 1− x 2
(A) (B) (C)
1−2 x 2 1− x 2 1−2 x 2
2
(Q13.) csc2 x + sec2x =
(A) csc2 x sec2 x (B) 1 (C) tan2 x

(Q14.) cos x cos(2 x )

1 1
(A) (cos x −cos(3 x )) (B) (cos x + cos(3x )) (C) cos(3 x )
2 2

(Q15.) sin4 x =
3 3 3 1 1
(A) 1− cos(4 x ) (B) −cos(2 x )−cos(4 x ) (C) − cos(2 x )+ cos(4 x )
8 4 8 2 8

(Q16.) sin4 x −cos 4 x =

−3 1 1 3
(A) −cos(2 x ) (B) cos(4 x )− (C) cos(4 x )+
4 4 4 4

(Q17.) tan x + tan y =

sin( x + y ) sin( x + y )
(A) tan( x + y ) (B) (C)
cos x cos y cos x + cos y

2 tan x
(Q18.) =
1+ tan2 x
(A) tan(2 x ) (B) cos(2 x ) (C) sin(2 x )

1 1
(Q19.) + =
sec x − 1 sec x + 1
(A) 2cot x csc x (B) 2sin x tan x (C) 2sec2 x

sin x + tan x
(Q20.) =
1+ cos(−x )
(A) sin x (B) tan x (C) sin(2 x )

(Q21.) cos2 x −sin4 x sec2 x =

(A) sec2 x (B) tan2 x (C) 1− tan2 x

(Q22.) (sin x + cos x )2 =

(A) 1+ sin(2 x ) (B) 1+ cos(2 x ) (C) sin(2 x )+ cos(2 x )

sin x cos x
(Q23.) + =
1−cot x 1− tan x
(A) sin x −cos x (B) sin x + cos x (C) sin x + tan x

⎛x ⎞
(Q24.) sec2 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ =
⎝2⎠
cos x ⎛x ⎞ 2
(A) (B) csc2 ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ (C)
1−cos x ⎝2⎠ 1+ cos x

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