KESHAV SMARAK JUNIOR COLLEGE, BARKATPURA, HYDERABAD.

JR MATHS 1A : QUESTION BANK

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS (7 Marks)
MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
DAY – 1

   
***1.Show that 12  12  2 2  12  2 2  32  ... upto n terms =

2
n  n  1  n  2 
, n  N
12

13 13  23 13  23  33 n
***2.Show that    ... upto n terms =  2n 2  9n  13
1 1 3 1 3  5 24 

n  n 2  6n  11
***3.Show that 2.3 + 3.4. + 4.5 + … upto n terms = n  N
3

1 1 1 n
***4.Show that n  N ,    ... upto n terms = .
1.4 4.7 7.10 3n  1

1 1 1 1 n
***5.Show that    ...   , n  N .
1.3 3.5 5.7  2n 1 2n  1 2n  1

2
a  r n  1
***6. a  ar  ar  ... upto n terms = ,r 1
 r  1
***7.Show that 1.2.3 + 2.3.4 + 3.4.5 + … upto n terms =

n  n  1 n  2  n  3
, n  N
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***8. Prove by Mathematical induction

n
a   a  d    a  2d   ... upto n terms =  2a   n  1 d  .
2

DAY – 2

***9.Show that 49 n  16 n  1 divisible by 64 for all positive integers n .

***10.Show that 3.52 n 1  23 n 1 is divisible by 17, n  N .

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 ***11. Show that 4 n  3n  1 divisible by 9 for all positive integers n .

***12. Use mathematical induction 2.4 2 n 1  33n 1 is divisible by 11.

***13. Using Mathematical Induction, P.T

 3   5  7   2n  1  2
1   1   1   ......... 1  2   ( n  1)  n  N
 1   4  9   n 

MATRICES
DAY – 3
 a1 b1 c1 
  adjA
***1. If A  a2 b2 c2 is a non-singular matrix, then show that A is invertible and A1 
  det A
 a3 b3 c3 

bc ca ab abc

***2. Show that c  a a  b b  c  2 b c a
ab bc ca cab
2
a b c 2bc  a 2 c2 b2
2
***3. Show that b c a  c2 2ac  b 2 a2   a 3  b 3  c3  3abc 
c a b b2 a2 2ab  c 2

1a 2 a3
***4. Show that 1 b 2 b3   a  b  b  c  c  a  ab  bc  ca 
1 c 2 c3

a a2 1  a3 a a2 1
***5. If b b 2 1  b 3  0 and b b 2 1  0 then show that abc = 1 .
c c 2 1  c3 c c2 1

bc ca ab

***6. Show that a  b b  c c  a  a 3  b3  c3  3abc
a b c

a b c 2a 2a
3
***7. Show that 2b bca 2b  a  b  c
2c 2c c  a b

DAY – 4
a  b  2c a b
3
***8. Show that c b  c  2a b  2a  b  c
c a c  a  2b

2
 a 2  2 a 2a  1 1
3
*9. Show that 2a  1 a  2 1   a  1 .
3 3 1

***10. Solve the following simultaneous linear equations by using Cramer’s rule.
Matrix inversion and Gauss-Jordan method
(i) 3 x  4 y  5 z  18, 2 x  y  8 z  13, 5 x  2 y  7 z  20
(ii) x  y  z  9, 2 x  5 y  7 z  52, 2 x  y  z  0
(iii) 2 x  y  3 z  9, x  y  z  6, x  y  z  2 .
(iv) x+y+z=1, 2x+2y+3z=6, x+4y+9z=3
(v) 2x-y+3z=8, -x+2y+z=4, 3x+y-4z=0
(vi) x-y+3z=5, 4x+2y-z=0, -x+3y+z=5
***11. Examine whether the following system of equations is consistent or inconsistent. If consistent
find the complete solutions.
i) x  y  z  4, 2 x  5 y  2 z  3, x  7 y  7 z  5
ii) x  y  z  3, 2 x  2 y  z  3, x  y  z  1.

iii) x  y  z  6, x  y  z  2, 2 x  y  3 z  9.
iv) x+y+z=1, 2x+y+z=2, x+2y+2z=1

 1 2 1 
 
**12. If a  0 1 1 then find A3  3 A 2  A  3 I
 
3 1 1 

2 a a  b c  a
**13. Show that a  b 2b b  c  4  a  b  b  c  c  a 
c  a c  b 2c
*14. By using Gaus-Jordan method, show that the following system has no solution
2 x  4 y  z  0, x  2 y  2 z  5,3 x  6 y  7 z  2 .

TRANSFORMATIONS
DAY – 5
A B C A  B  C
***1. In triangle ABC, prove that cos  cos  cos  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2 4 4 4
***2. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, then prove that
A B C A B C
sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  1  2 cos cos sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
***3. If A, B, C are angles in a triangle, then prove that

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 A B C A  B  C
sin  sin  sin  1  4sin .sin .sin
2 2 2 4 4 4
A B C A B C
***4. If A  B  C   , then prove that cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2 cos cos sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
***5. If A, B, C are angles in a triangle, then prove that
A B C
cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4 cos cos sin
2 2 2
***6. If A, B, C are angles in a triangle, then prove that
A B C
CosA  CosB  cos C  1  4 sin sin sin
2 2 2
DAY – 6
A B C  A B C
***7. If A  B  C  180o , then prove that cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2 1  sin sin sin 
2 2 2  2 2 2
**8. If A  B  C  2 S , prove that

SA SB C
cos  S  A  cos  S  B   cos C  1  4cos cos cos
2 2 2
**9. If A  B  C  2S , then prove that
A B C
cos  S  A   cos  S  B   cos  S  C   cos S  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2
A B C A  B  C
**10. In triangle ABC, prove that Cos  Cos  cos  4 cos cos cos
2 2 2 4 4 4

**11. Suppose     is not an odd multiple of , m is a non-zero real number such that m  1
2
sin     1  m    
and  . Then prove that tan     = m.tan    
cos     1  m 4  4 
A B C  A  B  C
**12. In triangle ABC, prove that sin  sin  sin  1  4 cos cos sin
2 2 2 4 4 4
3
**13. If A  B  C  , prove that Cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2C  1  4sin A sin B sin C .
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*14. If A+B+C=90o then show that

i) sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  1  2 sin A sin B sin C

ii) sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2C  4 cos A cos B cos C
iii) cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2C  1  4 sin A sin B sin C
**15. If none of A, B, A+B is an integral multiple of  , then prove that

1  cos A  cos B  cos  A  B  A B

 tan cot
1  cos A  cos B  cos  A  B  2 2

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 **16. If A  B  C  270o , then prove that cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C  2 cos A cos B sin C .

PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
DAY – 7
65 21
***1. If a  13, b  14, c  15 , show that R  , r  4, r1  , r2  12 and r3  14
8 2
***2. i ) If r1  2, r2  3, r3  6 and r = 1, Prove that a = 3, b= 4, and c= 5.

ii) In ABC , if r1  8, r2  12, r3  24 , find a, b, c

r1 r2 r3 1 1
***3. Show that    
bc ca ab r 2 R
***4. In ABC , prove that r1  r2  r3  r  4 R

***5. (i) Show that r  r1  r2  r3  4 R cos C

(ii) Show that r  r3  r1  r2  4 R cos B

***6. If P1 , P2 , P3 are the altitudes drawn from vertices A, B, C to the opposite sides of a triangle

respectively, then show that

2

i)
1 1 1 1
   ii) P1 , P2 , P3 =
 abc  
8 3
P1 P2 P3 r 8R3 abc

DAY – 8
***7. If r : R : r1  2 : 5 :12 , then prove that the triangle is right angled at A.

A B C r
***8. Show that cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2 
2 2 2 2R
ab  r1r2 bc  r2 r3 ca  r3r1
***9. Show that  
r3 r1 r2
3 3 3
***10. Prove that a cos  B  C   b cos  C  A   c cos  A  B   3abc

a b c
**11. In ABC show that    2 R where R is the circumradius
sin A sin B sin C
**12. If cos A  cos B  cos C  3 / 2 , then show that the triangle is equilateral
A B C
 cot  cot
cot 2

**13. Prove that 2 2 2 =  a  b  c

cot A  cot B  cot C a 2  b 2  c 2
r1  r2  r3 
**14. Prove that a
r1r2  r2 r3  r3r1

A B C 
**15. Show that a cos 2  b cos 2  c cos 2  s  .
2 2 2 R

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 ***16. In ABC , P.T 4( r1r2  r2 r3  r3 r1 )  (a  b  c ) 2

rr1 4R  r1  r2
**16. Show that i) a   r2  r3  ii)   r1r2
r2 r3 r1  r2

FUNCTIONS
DAY – 9
***1. Let f : A  B, g : B  C be bijections. Then show that gof : A  C is a bijection.
1
***2. Let f : A  B, g : B  C be bijections. Then show that  gof   f 1og 1

***3.Let f : A  B, I A and I B be identify functions on A and B respectively. Then

show that foI A  f  I B of

***4. Let f : A  B be a bijection. Then show that fof 1  I B and f 1of  I A .

***5.Let f : A  B, g : B  C and h : C  D . Then show that ho  gof    hog  of .

DAY – 10
***6.If f : Q  Q is defined by f  x   5x  4x  Q then show that f is a bijection and

find f 1 .
1
 
**7. f  1, a  ,  2, c  ,  3, b  , g   a, q  ,  b, r  ,  c, p  then show that f 1
og 1   gof  .

x  2 x  1

***8.If the function f is defined by f  x    2, 1  x  1 , then find the values of
 x  1 3  x  1


 a  f  3 b  f 0   c  f  1.5  d  f  2   f  2   e  f  5 
3x  2, x  3
***9.If the function f is defined by f  x    x 2  2, 2  x  2
 2 x  1, x  3


Then find the values of f  4  , f  2.5  , f  2  , f  4  , f  0  , f  7 

**10.Let f : A  B be a bijection. Then show that f is a bijection if and only if there

exists a function g : B  A such that fog  I B and gof  I A and in this case

g  f 1 .

**11.I) If f : R  R, g : R  R are defined by f  x   4 x  1 and g  x   x 2  2 then find

(i)  gof  x  (ii)  gof   a  1  (iii)  fof  x  (iv) go  fof  0 

 4 

II) Let A  1, 2,3 , B  a, b, c , C   p, q, r . If f : A  B, g : B  C are defined by

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 PRODUCT OF VECTORS
DAY – 11
  
***1. i) Find the shortest distance between the skew lines r  6 i  2 j  2k  t i  2 j  2k 
   
and r  4 i  k  s 3i  2 j  2k where s, t are scalars

ii) If A  1, 2, 1 , B   4, 0, 3  , C  1, 2, 1 and D   2, 4, 5  , find the distance

between AB and CD.

***2. Let a, b, c be three vectors. Then show that

           
i) a  b  c  a.c b  b.c a ii) a  b  c  a.c b  a.b c

***3. Show that in any triangle the altitude are concurrent.

***4. Find the equation of the plane passing to the points A = (2,3,-1),B=(4, 5,2) and C = (3, 6, 5).

**5. If a  i  2 j  k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  2 j  k , find a  b  c and  a b  c

***6.(i) If a  2 i  j  3k , b  i  2 j  k , c   i  j  4k and d  i  j  k then

compute ( aXb ) X (cXd )

(ii) If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  j  2k , find ( aXb ) X c and

a X (bX c )

DAY – 12
***7. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes

r .  i  j  k   6 and r .  2 i  3 j  4 k   5 and the point (1,1,1).

***8. a , b , c are non-zero vectors and a is perpendicular to both b and c .

2
If a  2, b  3, c  4 and b , c =   3
, then find  a b c  .

   
**9. For any four vectors a , b , c and d , prove that a  b  c  d   a c d  b  b c d  a and

 a  b    c  d   a b d  c  a b c  d
**10. If b c d    c a d    a b d    a b c  , then show that the points with position

vectors a , b , c and d are coplanar.

***11. A line makes angles 1 ,  2 ,  3 and  4 with the diagonals of a cube. Show that

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cos 2 1  cos 2  2  cos 2  3  cos 2  4  .
3

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 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (4 Marks)

MATRICES
DAY – 13
 cos  sin    cos n sin n 
***1. If A    then show that for all positive integers ‘n’, An   
  sin  cos     sin n cos n 
3 4  1  2n 4 n 
***2. If A    then for any integer n  1show that An   
1 1  n 1  2n 

  cos 2  cos  sin    cos 2  cos  sin  

***3. If     , then show that  2   2 0
2 cos  sin  sin   cos  sin  sin  

 1 2 
 2 1 2 
, B   3 0  then verify that  AB   B1 A1
1
***4. If A   
 1 3 4 
 5 4 

1 2 2
 
***5. If 3 A  2 1 2 then show that A1  AT
 
 2 2 1

x  2 2 x  3 3x  4
***6. Find the value of x, if x  4 2 x  9 3 x  16  0
x  8 2 x  27 3 x  64

yz x x
***7. Show that y zx y  4 xyz
z z x y

1 0  0 1  3
***8. If I    and E    then show that  aI  bE   a 3 I  3a 2bE
0
 1 0
 0

DAY – 14
2 1 2
 
**9. If A  1 0 1 Find the adjoint and inverse of A.
 
 2 2 1 

1 a a2
**10. Show that 1 b b 2   a  b  b  c  c  a 
1 c c2

1 2 1 
 
**11. If A  3 2 3 then find A1 .
 
1 1 2 

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 1 4 7   3 4 0  T
**12. If A    ,B    then prove that  A  B   AT  B T
2 5 8  4 2 1
 2 4  1 1
*13. If A    Find A  A , A. A .
  5 3 
*14. For any nxn matrix. A prove that A can be uniquely expressed as a sum of a symmetric matrix
and a skew symmetric matrix.
*15. Show that the determinant of skew-symmetric matrix of order 3 is always zero.
1
*16. If A and B are invertible then show that AB is also invertible and  AB   B 1 A 1

VECTOR ADDITION
DAY – 15
***1. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon with centre ‘O’. Show that AB + AC + AD +AE + AF = 3AD =
6AO.
***2. In ABC , if ‘O’ is the circumcentre and H is the orthocenter, then show that
i) OA + OB + OC = OH ii) HA + HB + HC = 2 HO
***3. If the points whose position vectors are 3 i  2 j  k , 2 i  3 j  4 k ,  i  j  2k and

146
4 i  5 j   k are coplanar, then show that  
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***4. In the two dimensional plane, prove by using vector method, the equation of the line whose
x y
intercepts on the axes are ‘a’ and ‘b’ is  1
a b
***5. a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors. Prove that the following four points are coplanar
i)  a  4b  3c , 3a  2b  5c , 3a  8b  5c , 3a  2b  c

ii) 6 a  2b  c , 2 a  b  3c ,  a  2b  4 c , 12 a  b  3c

***6. If i , j , k are unit vectors along the positive directions of the coordinate axes, then show that

the four points 4 i  5 j  k ,  j  k ,3i  9 j  4k and 4 i  4 j  4 k are coplanar.

***7. (i) If a , b , c are non coplanar, find the point of Intersection of line passing
Through the points 2a  3b  c , 3a  4b  2c with line joining points a  2b  3c ,
a  6b  6c .

(ii) Show that the line joining the pair of points 6 a  4b  4 c , 4c and the line joining the pair

ofpoints  a  2b  3c , a  2b  5c intersect at the point 4c when a, b, c are non-

coplanar vectors.

***8. Verify the triangle formed by 3i  5 j  2k , 2 i  3 j  5k and 5 i  2 j  5k is equilateral

or not

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 DAY – 16
**9. Find the vector equation of the line parallel to the vector 2 i  j  2 k and passing through the

point A whose position vector is 3i  j  k . If P is a point on this line such that AP = 15 then

find the position vector of P.

**10. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through points 4 i  3 j  k , 3 i  7 j  10 k and

2 i  5 j  7 k and show that the point i  2 j  3k lies in the plane.

**11. If a  b  c   d , b  c  d   a and a , b , c are non-coplanar vectors, then show that

a b c  d  0.
**12. Let a , b be non-collinear vectors. If    x  4 y  a   2 x  y  1 b and

   y  2 x  2  a   2 x  3 y  1 b are such that 3  2 then find x and y .

*13. If a , b , c are non-coplanar vectors, then test for the collinerarity of the following points whose

position vectors are given by

i) a  2b  3c , 2a  3b  4 c , 7b  10c

ii) 3a  4b  3c , 4a  5b  6 c , 4a  7b  6c

iii) 2a  5b  4c , a  4b  3 c , 4a  7b  6c

PRODUCT OF VECTORS
DAY – 17
1
***1. Prove that the smaller angle  between any two diagonals of a cube is given by cos  
3
***2. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane passing through the points 1, 2,3 2, 11 and

1, 2, 4 .
***3. Find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points

P 1, 1, 2  , Q  2, 0, 1 and R  0, 2,1 .

***4. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A 1, 23  , B  2,3,1 and C  3,1, 2  .

 
***5. If a  2i  3 j  4k , b  i  j  k ,and c  i  j  k , then compute a  b  c and verify that it

is perpendicular to a .
***6. Find the volume of the parallelepiped whose coterminous edges are represented by the
vectors 2i  3 j  k , i  j  2k and 2i  j  k .

***7. Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are (1,2,1),(3,2,5),(2,-1,0) and (-1,0,1).
**8. Find the volume of the tetrahedron having the edges i  j  k , i  j and i  2 j  k .

10
**9. Determine  , for which the volume of the parallelepiped having coterminous edges
i  j ,3i  j and 3 j   k is 16 cubic units.

***10. If  is angle between i  j and j  k then find sin 

**11. If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2i  j  k and c  i  3 j  2k ,verify that a   b  c    a  b   c .

**12. If a  2 i  j  k , b   i  2 j  4k , c  i  j  k , then find  a  b .b  c 

**13. a  3i  j  2k , b  i  3 j  2k , c  4i  5 j  2 k and d  i  3 j  5k , then compute the

  
following i) a  b  c  d  and ii)  a  b  c   a  d  .b
**14. Show that angle in a semi circle is a right angle.
**15. Let a  4i  5 j  k , b  i  4 j  5k and c  3i  j  k . Find the vector which is perpendicular

to both a and b whose magnitude is twenty one times the magnitude of c.

DAY – 18
**16. If a + b + c = 0, a  3, b  5 and c  7 , then find the angle between a and b.

**17. Show that the points (5,-1,1)(7,-4,7),(1,-6,10) and (-1,-3,4) are the vertices of a rhombus by
vectors.
2 2 2
**18. Show that for any two vectors a and b , a  b   a .a   b .b    a .b   a 2b 2   a .b 
2
*19. For any three vectors a, b, c prove that b  c c  a a  b =  a b c 

*20. Let a, b and c be unit vectors such tat b is not parallel to c and a   b  c   1 b . Find the
2
angles made by a with each of b and c.

*21. Find the vector having magnitude 6 units and perpendicular to both 2i  k and 3 j  i  k .

 
*22. Let a and b be vectors, satisfying a = b =5 and a , b = 45o . Find the area of the triangle

having a  2b and 3a  2b as two of its sides.

     
*23. A  1, a, a 2 , B  1, b, b 2 and c  1, c, c 2 are non-coplanar vectors and

a a2 1  a3
b b 2 1  b 3  0 , then show that a b c + 1 = 0.
c c 2 1  c3

*24. a , b and c are non-zero and non-collinear vectors and   0,   is the angle between b and

1
c . If  a  b   c  b c a , then find sin  .
3

*25. For any two vectors a and b . Then show that 1  a  2

 1  b   1  a.b
2 2
 a  b  a b
2

*26. If a  2 i  j  3k , b  i  2 j  k , c   i  j  4k and d  i  j  k then compute

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  a  b   c  d 
*27. Show that in any triangle, the perpendicular bisectors of the sides are concurrent.

*28. Show that the points 2 i  j  k , i  3 j  5k and 3i  4 j  4k are the vertices of a right

angle triangle. Also find the other angles.

a .c a .d
*29. Show that for any four vectors a, b, c and d  a  b  .  c  d   and in particular
b .c b .d
2 2
a  b   a 2b 2   a .b  .

*30. If a, b, c are unit vectors such that a is perpendicular to the plane of b, c and the angle between

b and c is , then find a  b  c
3
*31. If a = (1, -1, -6), b = (1, -3, 4) and c = (2, -5, 3) , then compute the following
i) a.  b  c  ii) a   b  c  iii)  a  b  c

TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS

DAY – 19
***1. If A + B = 45o, then prove that

i) 1  tan A1  tan B   2 ii)  CotA  1 CotB  1  2

3
iii) If A  B  , then show that 1  TanA1  TanB   2
4
   3   7   9  1
***2. Prove that 1  cos  1  cos  1  cos  1  cos =
 10  10   10   10  16
Tan  sec   1 1  sin 
***3. Prove that 
Tan  sec  1 cos 
sin16 A
***4. If A is not an integral multiple of  , prove that cos A.cos 2 A.cos 4 A.cos 8 A  and
16sin A
2 4 8 16 1
hence deduce that cos .cos .cos .cos 
15 15 15 15 16
***5. Prove that tan 70o  tan 20 o  2 tan 50 o .

 24 4
***6. If 0  A  B  ,sin  A  B   , cos  A  B   , find the value of tan2A
4 25 5
1
***7. For A  R, prove that i) sin A.sin  60  A  sin  60  A   sin 3 A
4
1
ii) cos A.cos  60  A   cos 3 A and hence deduce that
4
3
iii) sin 20o sin 40o sin 60o sin 80o 
16

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  2 3 4 1
v) cos cos cos cos 
9 9 9 9 16
 3 5 7 3
***8. i)Prove that sin 4  sin 4  sin 4  sin 4 
8 8 8 8 2
  2  2  2  3  2  9 
ii) Show that cos 2    cos    cos    cos   2.
10
   5   5   10 

***9. If 3A is not an odd multiple of , prove that tan A.tan  60  A  . tan  60  A  tan 3 A and
2
hence find the value of tan 6 o tan 42o tan 66 o tan 78o .
 2 3 4 5
**10. Prove that sin sin sin sin 
5 5 5 5 16
DAY – 20
**11. Prove the following
2 4 8 1  2 3 4 5 1
i) cos .cos .cos  ii) cos .cos .cos .cos .cos 
7 7 7 8 11 11 11 11 11 32
3
**12. Prove that cos 2 76o  cos 2 16o  cos 76o cos16o  .
4

**13. If sec      sec      2sec  and cos   1, then show that cos    2 cos .
2
cos 3   cos3 sin 3   sin 3
**14. Prove that  3
cos  sin 
4 2 x y x y
**15. If cos x  cos y  and cos x  cos y  find the value of 14 tan  5 cot
5 7 2 2

**16. If A is not integral multiple of , prove that
2
i) tan A  cot A  2cos ec 2 A ii) cot A  tan A  2 cot 2 A

*17. Let ABC be a triangle such that cot A  cot B  cot C  3 , then prove that ABC is an
equilateral triangle.

*18. If none of 2A and 3A is an odd multiple of , then prove that
2
tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A  tan 3 A  tan 2 A  tan A
o o o 1
*19. Prove that sin 2   45   sin 2   15   sin 2   15   .
2
 sin  n  1   sin  n  1  
*20. If cos n  0 and cos  0 , then show that  tan
2 cos  n  1   2 cos n  cos  n  1  2

5 1 5 1
*21. Prove that i) sin18o  ii) cos 36o 
4 4

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 TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
DAY – 21
***1. Solve the following and write the general solution

i) 2 cos 2   3 sin   1  0

ii) 2  sin x  cos x   3

iii) tan   3cot   5sec 

***2. If tan p  cot q , and p  q then show that the solutions are in A.P. with common


difference .
pq

  1
***3. If tan  cos    cot  sin   , then prove that cos     .
 4 2 2
***4. If 1 ,  2 are solutions of the equation a cos 2  b sin 2  c, tan 1  tan  2 and a  c  0 ,

then find the value of

i) tan 1  tan  2 ii) tan 1. tan  2 iii) tan 1   2 

***5. If  ,  are solutions of the Equation

a cos   b sin   c a, b, c  R and a 2  b 2  0, cos   cos  ,sin   sin  then show that

2bc c2  a2
i) sin   sin   2 ii) sin  .sin   2
a  b2 a  b2
2ac c 2  b2
iii) cos   cos   iv) cos  .cos  
a  b2
2
a2  b2
1
***6. If      , solve cos  .cos 2 cos 3  .
4
***7. Solve i) sin 2 x  cos 2 x  sin x  cos x

ii) sin x  3 cos x  2

iii) 1  sin 2   3sin  cos 

2
***8. Find all values of x in   ,   satisfying the equation 81cos x cos x ......
=43

 
***9. Solve the equation cot 2 x   
3  1 cot x  3  0;  0  x   .
 2
***10. Solve 4sin x sin 2 x sin 4 x  sin 3 x .

**11. Find the general solution of the equations cos ec  2, cot    3.

  
**12. If x is acute and sin x  10  cos 3 x  68 find x . 

14
 3x x
**13. Solve cos 3 x  cos 2 x  sin  sin . 0  x  2 .
2 2
**14. Solve Tan  Sec  3, 0    2 .

2 3
*15. If x  y  and sin x  sin y  then find x and y.
3 2
*16. Solve sin 3  4sin  sin  x    sin  x    where   n , n  z .

*17. Solve and write the general solution of the equation 4 cos 2   3  2  
3  1 cos 

INVERSE TRIGNOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

DAY – 22
1 1 1 
***1. Prove Tan 1  Tan 1  Tan 1  .
2 5 8 4
4 5  16  
***2. Prove that i) sin 1  sin 1  sin 1    .
5 13  65  2
4 1 
ii) sin 1  2Tan 1 
5 3 2
3 8 36
iii) sin 1  sin 1  cos 1
5 17 85
3 5  323 
iv) 2sin 1    cos 1  cos 1  
5 13  325 
4  7  1  117 
***3. Prove that sin 1    sin 1    sin  .
5  25   125 
 4 2
***4. Find the value of tan cos 1  tan 1 
5 3 

***5. If sin 1 x  sin 1 y  sin 1 z   , then prove that x 1  x 2  y 1  y 2  z 1  z 2  2 xyz .

***6. i) Tan 1 x  Tan 1 y  Tan 1 z   , then prove that x  y  z  xyz.


ii) If Tan 1 x  Tan 1 y  Tan 1 z  then prove that xy  yz  zx  1 .
2
***7. If cos 1 p  cos 1 q  cos 1 r   , then prove that p 2  q 2  r 2  2 pqr  1.

***8. Solve the following equations for x .

2
2x 1 1  x 2x 
i) 3sin 1 2
 4 cos 2
 2Tan 1 2
 .
1 x 1 x 1 x 3
x 1 x 1 
ii) Tan 1  Tan 1 
x2 x2 4

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 p q p 2 2 pq q2
***9. If cos 1  cos 1   , then prove that 2  .cos   2  sin 2  .
a b a ab b
 1 a  1 a  2b
***10. Prove that tan   Cos 1   tan   cos 1   .
4 2 b 4 2 b a

 
***11. Show that sec 2 Tan 1 2  cos ec 2 cot 1 2  10 .  
 13   1 2 
**12. cot  sin 1   sin  tan 
 17  3 
 
DAY – 23
 1  
**13. Find the value of tan  2Tan 1    .
 5 4 

x2 1
 
**14. Prove that cos Tan 1 sin cot 1 x  
  x2  2

41 
**15. Prove that cot 1 9  cos ec 1 
4 4
3  12  1  33 
**16. Prove that sin 1    cos 1    cos   .
5  13   65 
3 3 8 
**17. Prove that Tan 1  Tan 1  Tan 1  .
4 5 19 4
 1  1
**18. Prove that cos  2Tan 1   sin  4Tan 1  .
 7 3
  
2
 2x 1  1  x 

*19. Prove that sin cot 1 2
 cos  2 
 1.
 1 x  1  x 

 1   1  2
*20. Solve tan 1    tan 1    tan 1  2  .
 2 x  1   4 x  1  x 

*21. If sin 1 x  sin 1 y  sin 1 z   then prove that

x4  y4  z 4  4x2 y2 z2  2  x 2 y 2  y 2 z2  z 2 x2 

5 12 
*22. (i) Solve are sin    arc sin   x  0
 x x 2

(ii) Solve sin 1 x  sin 1 2 x  .
3
4 3  27 
*23. Prove that cos 1  sin 1  tan 1   .
5 34  11 

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 PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
DAY – 24
2 bc A
***1. If i) a   b  c  sec  , prove that tan   sin .
bc 2
2 bc A
ii) a = (b + c) cos  , prove that sin   cos .
bc 2
a 2 bc A
iii) sin   , prove that cos   cos .
bc bc 2
cos A cos B cos C a 2  b 2  c 2
***2. Show that    .
a b c 2abc
a 2  b2  c 2
***3. cot A  cot B  cot C  .
4
1 1 1 1 a 2  b2  c 2
***4. Show that    
r 2 r12 r22 r32 2
1 1 3
***5. In ABC , if + = , show that C  60 o .
ac bc abc
r
***6. Show that cos A  cos B  cos C  1  .
R
a b b a
***7. If C  60 o , then show that i)   1 ii) 2  2 0
bc ca c  a c  b2
2

 BC  bc A
**8. Show that in ABC , tan   cot .
 2  bc 2
**9. Show that in ABC , a = b cos C + c cos B.
**10. If p1 , p2 , p3 are the altitudes of the vertices A, B, C of a triangle respectively, show that

1 1 1 cot A  cot B  cot C

2
 2 2  .
p1 p2 p3 

DAY – 25
abc
**11. Show that a 2 cot A  b 2 cot B  c 2 cot C  .
R
2 A 2 A
**12. Show that  b  c  cos 2   b  c  sin 2  a 2 .
2 2
A B C
**13. If cot , cot , cot are in A.P., then prove that a, b, c are in A.P.
2 2 2
**14. If a : b : c  7 : 8 : 9 , find cos A : cos B : cos C .

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 a2  b2 sin C
**15. If = , prove that ABC is a right angled.
a  b sin  A  B 
2 2

**16. If  r2  r1  r3  r1   2r2 r3 , Show that A  90o .

 A B C
*17. Show that  a  b  c   tan  tan   2c cot .
 2 2 2

A B C bc  ca  ab  s 2
*18. Prove that tan  tan  tan  .
2 2 2 
*19. Show that b 2 sin 2C  c 2 sin 2 B  2bc sin A.

A B C
*20. If cot .cot .cot  3 : 5 : 7 , show that a: b: c = 6: 5: 4.
2 2 2
A B C
*21. sin 2 .sin 2 .sin 2 are in H.P., then show that a, b, c are in H.P.
2 2 2
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (2 Marks)
FUNCTIONS
DAY – 26
***1. Find the domain of the following real valued functions
1 1
i) f  x   ii) f  x   x 2 1 
6x  x2  5 2
x  3x  2
1 1
iii) f  x   iv) f  x   x2 
x x log10 1  x 

3 x  3 x
v) f  x   vi) f  x   4 x  x 2
x


vii) f  x   log x 2  4 x  3  viii) f  x   x 2  25

1 1
ix) f  x   log  x   x  x) f  x   xi) f  x  
 x  1  x  3 
2
log  2  x 

***2. If f   4,5 ,  5,6 ,  6, 4 and g   4, 4 ,  6,5 ,  8,5 then find
i) f  g ii) f  g iii) 2 f  4 g iv) f  4

v) fg vi) f / g vii) f viii) f ix) f 2 x) f 3

 
***3. If f  1,2 ,  2, 3 ,  3, 1 then find

i) 2 f ii) 2  f iii) f 2 iv) f

2
***4. If f : R  R, g : R  R are defined by f  x   3x  1, g  x   x  1then find

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 
i) fof x 2  1  ii) fof  2 iii) gof  2a  3

2
***5. If f and g are real valued functions defined by f  x   2x 1 and g  x   x then find

 f 
i)  3 f  2g  x  ii)  fg  x  iii)    x  iv)  f  g  2 x 

 g 
***6. Find the range of the following real valued functions

x2  4
i) log 4  x 2 ii)
x2
***7. Find the inverse of the following functions

i) If a, b  R, f : R  R defined by f  x   ax  b  a  0  .
x
ii) f : R   0,   defined by f  x   5 .

iii) f :  0,    R defined by f  x   log 2 x .

2
***8. If f  x   2, g  x   x , h  x   2 x for all x  R , then find  fo  goh  x   .
2
***9. If A  2, 1,0,1, 2 and f : A  B is a surjection defined by f  x   x  x  1 ,then find B.

    
***10. If A  0, , , ,  and f : A  B is a surjection defined by f  x   cos x then find B.
 6 4 3 2
3x  3 x
***11. If the function f : R  R defined by f  x   , then show that
2
f  x  y  f  x  y  2 f  x f  y  .
***12. Find the domain and range of the following real valued functions
x
iii) f  x   x  1  x
2
i) f  x   ii) f  x   9  x
1  x2
x 1
***13. If f  x    x  1 then find i)  fofof  x  ii)  fofofof  x 
x 1
DAY – 27
**14. Define the following functions and write an example for each
i) One-one (Injection) ii) Onto(Surjection) iii) Even and Odd iv) Bijection

1  x2
**15. (i)If f : R  R is defined by f  x   , then show that f  tan    cos 2
1  x2
1 x  2x 
(ii)If f : R  1  R is defined by f  x   log then show that f  2 
 2 f  x
1 x  1 x 

**16. If f : N  N is defined as f  x   2 x  3, is ‘ f ’onto? Explain with reason.

2
**17. If f : R  R, g : R  R defined by f  x   3x  2, g  x   x  1 then find

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 
i) gof 1 (2)  ii)  gof  x 1 iii)  fog  2
1
*18. If f : R  0  R is defined by f  x   x 3  , then show that f  x   f 1/ x   0 .
x3

1 1 1 x 

*19. If f  x   cos  log x  , then show that f   f    f    f  xy    0 .
 x  y 2  y 
1
*20. If f  x   , g  x   x for all x  0,   then find  gof  x  .
x
x2  x  1
*21. If A  1, 2,3,4 and f : A  R is a function defined by f  x   , then find the
x 1
range of ‘ f ’.

x x
*22. Prove that the real valued function f  x     1 is an even function on R  0 .
x
e 1 2
cos 2 x  sin 4 x
*23. If f  x   x  R then show that f  2012  1 .
sin 2 x  cos 4 x
MATRICES
DAY – 28
1 2  3 8
***1. If A    B  and 2 X  A  B then find X.
3 4 7 2 
 1 2 3  3 2 1
***2. If A    and B    find 3B – 2A.
 3 2 1  1 2 3

***3. If  x  3 2 y  8    5 2  , find x, y, z and a.

 z  2 6   2 a  4 
***4. Define symmetric matrix and skew-symmetric matrix.
 1 2 3 
***5. If A   2 5 6  is a symmetric matrix, find x.
 
 3 x 7
 

 1
 1 2 2
***6. Define trace of a matrix and find the trace of A, if  
A   0 1 2 
 1 2 1 
 
 2 

0 2 1
***7. If A   2 0 2  is a skew-symmetric matrix, find the value of x.
 
 1 x 0 
 

1 0 0
***8. If A   2 3 4  and det A = 45, then find x.
 
 5 6 x 
 

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 1  2
***9. If  is a complex (non-real) cube root of unity, then show that   2 1  0 .
2 1 

 12 2 2 32 
***10. Find the determinant of  2 2 2
2 3 4 
3 4 5 
2 2 2
 

1 4 7  3 4 0  T
***11. If A    and B    then show that  A  B   AT  BT
 2 5 8  4 2 1 

 2 1 
   2 3 1  T T
***12. If A  5 0 and B  
  4 0 2  , then find 2 A  B and 3B  A .
 1 4   
 
***13. Find the rank of each of the following matrices

1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1  1 2 0 1
      3 4 1 2  1 0 4 
i) 1 1 1 ii) 2 3 0 iii) 1 0 2 iv) v)  
       
1 1 1  0 1 2   0 1 1  2 3 2 5   2 1 3 

***14. Write the definitions of singular and non-singular matrices and give examples.
cos  sin  
***15. If A   1 1
 then show that AA  A A  I .
  sin  cos  

 cos   sin  
***16. Find the adjoint and the inverse of the matrix  
 sin  cos  
1
**17. Construct a 3  2 matrix whose elements are defined by a g  i 3 j
2
 i 0
**18. If A    , find A2
0 i 
2 4
**19. If A   and A 2  0 find the value of k.
 1 k 
*20. A certain book shop has 10 dozen chemistry books, 8 dozen Physics books, 10 dozen
Economics books. Their selling prices are Rs.80, Rs.60 and Rs.40 each respectively. Using matrix
algebra, find the total value of the books in the shop.

ADDITION OF VECTORS
DAY – 29
***1. i) Find the unit vectors in the direction of vector a  2i  3 j  k .

ii) Let a  2i  4 j  5k , b  i  j  k and c  j  2k . Find the unit vector in the opposite

direction of a + b + c.
***2. Show that the points whose position vectors are 2a  3b  5c , a  2b  3c , 7a  c are

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 collinear when a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors.

***3. If a  2 i  5 j  k and b  4 i  mj  nk are collinear vectors then find the values of m and n.

***4. If the vectors 3i  4 j   k and  i  8 j  6k are collinear vectors, then find  and  .

***5. If the position vectors of the points A, B and C are 2i  j  k ,  4i  2 j  2 k and

6i  3 j  13k respectively and AB   AC , then find the value of  .

***6. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the points 2 i  3 j  k and parallel to the

vector 4 i  2 j  3k .

***7. Find the vector equation of the line joining the points 2i  j  3k and 4i  3 j  k .

***8. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points. i  2 j  5k , 5 j  k and

3i  5 j .
**9. OABC is a parallelogram. If OA = a and OC=c, then find the vector equation of the side BC.

**10. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the points 2 i  4 j  2k , 2 i  3 j  5k

and parallel to the vector 3i  2 j  k .

**11. If OA  i  j  k , AB  3i  2 j  k , BC  i  2 j  2 k and CD  2i  j  3k , then find the

vector OD.
*12. Is the triangle formed by the vectors 3i  5 j  2k , 2i  3 j  5k and 5  2 j  3k equilateral?

*13. If a , b , c are the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C respectively of ABC then find the

vector equations of the median through the vertex A.

*14. ABCDE is a pentagon. If the sum of the vectors AB, AE , BC , DC , ED and AC is  AC then

find the value of  .

*15. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points (0,0,0), (0,5,0) and (2,0,1).

PRODUCT OF VECTORS
DAY – 30
***1. If a  i  2 j  3k and b  3i  j  2k , then show that a  b and a  b are perpendicular to

each other.

***2. If the vectors  i  3 j  5k and 2 i   j  k are perpendicular to each other, find  .

2p
***3. If 4 i  j  pk is parallel to the vector i  2 j  3k , find p.
3
***4. Find the angle between the planes r.  2i  j  2k   3 and r.  3i  6 j  k   4 .

***5. Find the Cartesian equation of the plane through the points A  2, 1, 4  and parallel to the

plane 4 x  12 y  3 z  7  0 .

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***6. Find the angle between the vectors i  2 j  3k and 3i  j  2 k .

***7. Let a  i  j  k and b  2i  3 j  k find

i) The project vector of b and a and its magnitude.

ii) The vector components of b in the direction of a and perpendicular to a.

***8. Find the area of the parallelogram having 2 i  3 j and 3i  k as adjacent sides.

**9. If a  2, b  3 and c  4 and each of a, b, c is perpendicular to the sum of the other two

vectors, then find the magnitude of a + b + c.

**10. If a  2i  2 j  3k , b  3i  j  2k , then find the angle between 2a  b and a  2b .

**11. Let a  2i  j  k and b  3i  4 j  k . If  is the angle between a and b, then find sin  .

**12. If a  2i  3 j  5k , b  i  4 j  2k then find a  b and unit vector perpendicular to both a

and b.
**13. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the vectors

a  4 i  3 j  k , b  2i  6 j  3k .

**14. If a  2i  j  k and b  i  3 j  5k , then find a  b .

**15. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 3i  j  2k and i  3 j  4k .

  
**16. Compute a  b  c  b   c  a   c  a  b . 
2 2 2 2
**17. For any vector a, show that a  i  a  j  a k  2 a

 2
**18. If p =2, q  3 and p , q  ,then find p  q .
6
**19. Find the area of the parallelogram having a  2 j  k and b   i  k as adjacent sides.

 
*20. Show that i   a  i   j   a  j   k  a  k  2a for any vector a .

*21. If the vectors a  2i  j  k , b  i  2 j  3k and c  3i  pj  5k are coplanar, then find p.

*22. Let b  2i  j  k , c  i  3k . If a is a unit vector then find the maximum value of [a b c].

1 1
*23. If e1  e2  sin  where e1 and e2 are unit vectors including an angle  , show that   .
2 2
*24. Compute  i  j j  k k  i  .

*25. Prove that for any three vectors a, b, c, [b + c c + a a + b] = 2[a b c].

TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS

DAY – 31

***1. If cos   sin   2 cos  , prove that cos   sin   2 sin  .

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  3 5 7 9
***2. Prove that cot .cot .cot .cot .cot 1.
20 20 20 20 20
***3. If 3sin   4 cos   5 , then find the value of 4sin   3cos  .
***4. Find the period of the following functions

 4x  9 
i) f  x   tan 5x ii) f  x   cos  
 5 
4 x y
iii) f  x   sin x iv) f  x   cos x v) f  x   2sin  3cos
4 3

 
vi) f  x   tan x  4 x  9 x  ...  n 2 x (n is any positive integer).

vii) f  x   cos  3x  5  7 .

1
***5. Prove that cos100 o cos 40o  sin100o sin 40o  .
2
***6. Find the value of cos 42o  cos 78o  cos162 o .
1
***7. Prove that cos12o  cos 84o  cos132o  cos156o  
2
***8. Find the value of sin 34o  cos 64o  cos 4o .
***9. Find the maximum and minimum values of the following functions over R

i) f  x   7cos x  24sin x  5 . ii) f  x   sin 2x  cos2 x

   
iii) cos  x    2 2 sin  x    3 iv) f  x   13cos x  3 3 sin x  4
 3  3

v) f  x   3sin x  4cos x

***10. Find the value of

o o o o o o
1 1 1 1 1 1
i) sin 2 82  sin 2 22 ii) cos 2 112  sin 2 52 iii) sin 2 52  sin 2 22 .
2 2 2 2 2 2
2
**11. If sec   tan   ,find the value of sin  and determine the quadrant in which  lies.
3
1 3
**12. Prove that  4
sin10 cos10o
o

tan 610o  tan 7000 1  p 2

**13. i) If tan 20o  p , then prove that  .
tan 560o  tan 470o 1  p 2

tan160 o  tan1100 1   2
ii) If T an 20 o   , then prove that  .
1  tan160o tan110o 2
2 sin  1  cos   sin 
**14. If  x , find the value of
1  cos   sin  1  sin 

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  1 
**15. Show that cos 4   2 cos 2  1  4
  1  sin  .
 sec2  
2
**16. Prove that  tan   cot    sec 2   cos ec 2  sec2  .cos ec 2 .

 
**17. i) Draw the graph of y  tan x in between 0, .
 4 
ii) Draw the graph of y  cos 2 x in  0,   .

iii) Draw the graph of y  sin 2 x in  0,   .

iv) Draw the graph of y  sin x between  and  taking four values on X-axis.


**18. If  is not an integral multiple of ,prove that tan   2 tan 2  4 tan 4  8cot 8  cot  .
2

*19. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle and if none of them is equal to , then prove that
2
tan A  tan B  tan c  tan A tan B tan C.
3 1
*20. Prove that cos 20o cos 40 o  sin 5o sin 25o  .
4

 
*21. Prove that 4 cos 66o  sin 84o  3  15 .

2
*22. Find a sine function whose period is .
3
*23. Find the cosine function whose period is 7.
1
*24. If sin    and  does not lie in the third quadrant. Find the value of cos  .
3
cos 9o  sin 9o
*25. Prove that  cot 36o .
cos 9o  sin 9o
 
*26. If 0    , show that 2  2  2  2 cos 4  2 cos .
8 2
5 
*27. If cos    and     then find sin 2 .
13 2
2 tan x
*28. For what values of x in the first quadrant is positive?
1  tan 2 x
sin 2 1o
*29. Prove that tan   and hence deduce the values of tan15o and tan 22 .
1  cos 2 2
HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
DAY – 32
5
***1. If cosh x  , find the values of (i) cosh (2x) and (ii) sinh (2x).
2

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***2. sinh x  , find cosh(2x) and sinh(2x).
4
***3. If cosh x  sec  then prove that tanh 2 x / 2  tan 2  / 2 .

***4. For x , y  R i) sinh  x  y   sinh x cosh y  cosh x sinh y.

ii) cosh  x  y   cosh x cosh y  sinh x sinh y.

***5. Prove that

n
i)  cosh x  sinh x   cosh  nx   sinh  nx  , for any n  R .
n
ii)  cosh x  sinh x   cosh  nx   sinh  nx  , for any n  R .
4 4
***6. For any x  R , Prove that cosh x  sinh x  cosh  2x  .

      
***7. If    ,  and x  log  cot      ,prove that sinh x   tan 2 and cosh x  sec 2 .
 4 4  4 
tanh x  tanh y
**8. Prove that tanh  x  y   .
1  tanh x.tanh y

    
**9. If u  log e  tan     and if cos   0, then prove that cosh u  sec .
  4 2 
1 1 x 
**10. Theorem for x   1,1 , tanh 1  x   log e  
2  1 x 
cosh x sinh x
**11. Prove that   sinh x  cosh x, for x  0.
1  tanh x 1  coth x


*12. If sinh x =5, show that x  log e 5  26 . 
1 1
*13. Show that tanh 1    log e 3
 2 2

PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
DAY – 33
***1. In an equilateral triangle, find the value of r/R.
***2. If the lengths of the sides of a triangle are 3, 4, 5, find the circumradius of the triangle.

***3. In ABC , if  a  b  c  b  c  a   3bc , find A.

***4. If the sides of a triangle are 13, 14, 15, then find the circum diameter.

***5. In ABC , show that  b  c cosA = 2s.

C B
***6. In ABC , find b cos 2  c cos 2 .
2 2

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***7. If tan  and tan  , determine the relation between a, b, c.
2 6 2 5
 A
**8. In ABC , express  r cot  2  in terms of s.
1

A bc
**9. If cot  , find angle B.
2 a
**10. If a  3  1cms., B  30o , C  45o , then find c.

c  b cos A cos B
**11. Show that  .
b  c cos A cos C
**12. If a  6, b  5, c  9 then find angle A.

B
**13. If a  4, b  5, c  7 then find cos .
2
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**14. If a  26 cms., b  30 cm. and cos C  , then find c.
65
a 2  b 2  c 2 tan B
**15. Prove that 
c 2  a 2  b 2 tan C
**16. Prove that  b  a cos C  sin A  a cos A sin C .

**17. If the angles are in the ratio 1 : 5 : 6, then find the ratio of its sides.
**18. In ABC ,   6 sq.cm and s= 1.5 cm, find r.

a b c
**19. If   , then show that ABC is equilateral.
cos A cos B cos C
1 1 1 1
**20. In ABC , prove that   
r1 r2 r3 r

**21. Show that rr1r2 r3   2 .

**22. If rr2  r1r3 , then find B.

**23. If a cos A  b cos B , prove that the triangle is either isosceles or right angled.

**24. Show that a 2 sin 2C  c 2 sin 2 A  4 .

r1 3
*25. Show that   s  b  s  c   r .
*26. If A  90o , show that 2  r  R   b  c .

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