Trigonometric Equations

156 Questions
1981 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1981
The general solution of the trigonometric equation sin x+cos x=1 is given by:
A.
$2n\pi ;\,n = 0,\, \pm 1,\, \pm 2....$
B.
$x = 2n\pi + \pi /2;\,n = 0,\, \pm 1,\, \pm 2....$
C.
$x = n\pi + {\left( { - 1} \right)^n}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{\pi \over 4} - {\pi \over 4}$ ; $n = 0,\, \pm 1,\, \pm 2..$
D.
none of these
1980 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1980
The equation $\,2{\cos ^2}{x \over 2}{\sin ^2}x = {x^2} + {x^{ - 2}};\,0 < x \le {\pi \over 2}$ has
A.
no real solution
B.
one real solution
C.
more than one solution
D.
none of these
1980 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1980
Given $A = {\sin ^2}\theta + {\cos ^4}\theta $ then for all real values of $\theta $
A.
$1 \le A \le 2$
B.
${3 \over 4} \le A \le 1$
C.
${13\over 16} \le A \le 1$
D.
${3 \over 4} \le A \le {{13} \over {16}}$
1979 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1979
If $\alpha + \beta + \gamma = 2\pi ,$ then
A.
$tan{\alpha \over 2} + \tan {\beta \over 2} + \tan {\gamma \over 2} = \tan {\alpha \over 2}\tan {\beta \over 2}\tan {\gamma \over 2}$
B.
$\tan {\alpha \over 2}\tan {\beta \over 2} + \tan {\beta \over 2}\tan {\gamma \over 2} + \tan {\gamma \over 2}\tan {\alpha \over 2} = 1$
C.
$tan{\alpha \over 2} + \tan {\beta \over 2} + \tan {\gamma \over 2} = - \tan {\alpha \over 2}\tan {\beta \over 2}\tan {\gamma \over 2}$
D.
None of these.
1979 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1979
If $\tan \theta = - {4 \over 3},then\sin \theta \,is\,$
A.
$ - {4 \over 5}\,but\,not\,{4 \over 5}$
B.
$ - {4 \over 5}\,or\,{4 \over 5}$
C.
${4 \over 5}\,\,but\,not\, - {4 \over 5}$
D.
None of these.
2025 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 2 Online

Let

$ \alpha=\frac{1}{\sin 60^{\circ} \sin 61^{\circ}}+\frac{1}{\sin 62^{\circ} \sin 63^{\circ}}+\cdots+\frac{1}{\sin 118^{\circ} \sin 119^{\circ}} $

Then the value of

$ \left(\frac{\operatorname{cosec} 1^{\circ}}{\alpha}\right)^2 $

is _____________.

2023 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
$ \text { Then the inradius of the triangle } A B C \text { is } $ :
2022 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 2 Online
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be real numbers such that $-\frac{\pi}{4}<\beta<0<\alpha<\frac{\pi}{4}$.

If $\sin (\alpha+\beta)=\frac{1}{3}$ and $\cos (\alpha-\beta)=\frac{2}{3}$, then the greatest integer less than or equal to

$ \left(\frac{\sin \alpha}{\cos \beta}+\frac{\cos \beta}{\sin \alpha}+\frac{\cos \alpha}{\sin \beta}+\frac{\sin \beta}{\cos \alpha}\right)^{2} $ is
2018 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 2 Offline
Let f : R $ \to $ R be a differentiable function with f(0) = 1 and satisfying the equation f(x + y) = f(x) f'(y) + f'(x) f(y) for all x, y$ \in $ R.

Then, the value of loge(f(4)) is ...........
2015 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline
The number of distinct solutions of the equation

${5 \over 4}{\cos ^2}\,2x + {\cos ^4}\,x + {\sin ^4}\,x + {\cos ^6}\,x + {\sin ^6}\,x\, = \,2$

in the interval $\left[ {0,\,2\pi } \right]$ is
2011 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline
The positive integer value of $n\, > \,3$ satisfying the equation ${1 \over {\sin \left( {{\pi \over n}} \right)}} = {1 \over {\sin \left( {{{2\pi } \over n}} \right)}} + {1 \over {\sin \left( {{{3\pi } \over n}} \right)}}$ is
2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
The number of all possible values of $\theta $ where $0 < \theta < \pi ,$ for which the system of equations $$\left( {y + z} \right)\cos {\mkern 1mu} 3\theta = \left( {xyz} \right){\mkern 1mu} \sin 3\theta $$ $$x\sin 3\theta = {{2\cos 3\theta } \over y} + {{2\sin 3\theta } \over z}$$ $$\left( {xyz} \right){\mkern 1mu} \sin 3\theta = \left( {y + 2z} \right){\mkern 1mu} \cos 3\theta + y{\mkern 1mu} sin3\theta $$

have a solution $\left( {{x_0},{y_0},{z_0}} \right)$ with ${y_0}{z_0}{\mkern 1mu} \ne {\mkern 1mu} 0,$ is

2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
The number of values of $\theta $ in the interval, $\left( { - {\pi \over 2},\,{\pi \over 2}} \right)$ such that$\,\theta \ne {{n\pi } \over 5}$ for $n = 0,\, \pm 1,\, \pm 2$ and $\tan \,\theta = \cot \,5\theta \,$ as well as $\sin \,2\theta = \cos \,4 \theta $ is
2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
The maximum value of the expression ${1 \over {{{\sin }^2}\theta + 3\sin \theta \cos \theta + 5{{\cos }^2}\theta }}$ is
2010 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
Two parallel chords of a circle of radius 2 are at a distance $\sqrt 3 + 1$ apart. If the chords subtend at the center , angles of ${\pi \over k}$ and ${{2\pi } \over k},$ where$k > 0,$ then the value of $\left[ k \right]$ is

[Note :[k] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to k ]

2022 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 2 Online
Let $P Q R S$ be a quadrilateral in a plane, where

$Q R=1, \angle P Q R=\angle Q R S=70^{\circ}, \angle P Q S=15^{\circ}$ and $\angle P R S=40^{\circ}$.

If $\angle R P S=\theta^{\circ}, P Q=\alpha$ and $P S=\beta$, then the interval(s) that contain(s) the value of

$4 \alpha \beta \sin \theta^{\circ}$ is/are
A.
$(0, \sqrt{2})$
B.
$(1,2)$
C.
$(\sqrt{2}, 3)$
D.
$(2 \sqrt{2}, 3 \sqrt{2})$
2019 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2 Offline
For non-negative integers n, let

$f(n) = {{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {\sin \left( {{{k + 1} \over {n + 2}}\pi } \right)} \sin \left( {{{k + 2} \over {n + 2}}\pi } \right)} \over {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^n {{{\sin }^2}\left( {{{k + 1} \over {n + 2}}\pi } \right)} }}$

Assuming cos$-1$ x takes values in [0, $\pi $], which of the following options is/are correct?
A.
If $\alpha $ = tan(cos$-$1 f(6)), then $\alpha $2 + 2$\alpha $ $-$1 = 0
B.
$f(4) = {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
C.
sin(7 cos$-$1 f(5)) = 0
D.
$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } \,f(n) = {1 \over 2}$
2018 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 1 Offline
In a $\Delta $PQR = 30$^\circ $ and the sides PQ and QR have lengths 10$\sqrt 3 $ and 10, respectively. Then, which of the following statement(s) is(are) TRUE?
A.
$\angle QPR = 45^\circ $
B.
The area of the $\Delta PQR$ is $25\sqrt 3 $ and $\angle QRP = 120^\circ $
C.
The radius of the incircle of the $\Delta PQR$ is $10\sqrt 3 $ $-$ 15
D.
The area of the circumcircle of the $\Delta PQR$ is 100$\pi $
2017 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 Offline
Let $\alpha $ and $\beta $ be non zero real numbers such that $2(\cos \beta - \cos \alpha ) + \cos \alpha \cos \beta = 1$. Then which of the following is/are true?
A.
$\sqrt 3 \tan \left( {{\alpha \over 2}} \right) - \tan \left( {{\beta \over 2}} \right) = 2$
B.
$\tan \left( {{\alpha \over 2}} \right) - \sqrt 3 \tan \left( {{\beta \over 2}} \right) = 0$
C.
$\tan \left( {{\alpha \over 2}} \right) + \sqrt 3 \tan \left( {{\beta \over 2}} \right) = 0$
D.
$\sqrt 3 \tan \left( {{\alpha \over 2}} \right) + \tan \left( {{\beta \over 2}} \right) = 2$
2013 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 1 Offline
Let $f\left( x \right) = x\sin \,\pi x,\,x > 0.$ Then for all natural numbers $n,\,f'\left( x \right)$ vanishes at
A.
A unique point in the interval $\left( {n,\,n + {1 \over 2}} \right)$
B.
A unique point in the interval $\left( {n + {1 \over 2},n + 1} \right)$
C.
A unique point in the interval $\left( {n,\,n + 1} \right)$
D.
Two points in the interval $\left( {n,\,n + 1} \right)$
2012 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\theta ,\,\varphi \, \in \,\left[ {0,2\pi } \right]$ be such that
$2\cos \theta \left( {1 - \sin \,\varphi } \right) = {\sin ^2}\theta \,\,\left( {\tan {\theta \over 2} + \cot {\theta \over 2}} \right)\cos \varphi - 1,\,\tan \left( {2\pi - \theta } \right) > 0$ and $ - 1 < \sin \theta \, < - {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2},$

then $\varphi $ cannot satisfy

A.
$0 < \varphi < {\pi \over 2}$
B.
${\pi \over 2} < \varphi < {{4\pi } \over 3}$
C.
${{4\pi } \over 3} < \varphi < {{3\pi } \over 2}$
D.
${{3\pi } \over 2} < \varphi < 2\pi $
2009 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 2 Offline
For $0 < \theta < {\pi \over 2},$ the solution (s) of $$\sum\limits_{m = 1}^6 {\cos ec\,\left( {\theta + {{\left( {m - 1} \right)\pi } \over 4}} \right)\,\cos ec\,\left( {\theta + {{m\pi } \over 4}} \right) = 4\sqrt 2 } $$ is (are)
A.
$\,{\pi \over 4}$
B.
$\,{\pi \over 6 }$
C.
$\,{\pi \over 12}$
D.
$\,{5\pi \over 12}$
2009 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
If ${{{{\sin }^4}x} \over 2} + {{{{\cos }^4}x} \over 3} = {1 \over 5},$ then
A.
${\tan ^2}x = {2 \over 3}$
B.
${{{{\sin }^8}x} \over 8} + {{{{\cos }^8}x} \over {27}} = {1 \over {125}}$
C.
${\tan ^2}x = {1 \over 3}$
D.
${{{{\sin }^8}x} \over 8} + {{{{\cos }^8}x} \over {27}} = {2 \over {125}}$
1999 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 1999
For a positive integer $\,n$, let
${f_n}\left( \theta \right) = \left( {\tan {\theta \over 2}} \right)\,\left( {1 + \sec \theta } \right)\,\left( {1 + \sec 2\theta } \right)\,\left( {1 + \sec 4\theta } \right).....\left( {1 + \sec {2^n}\theta } \right).$ Then
A.
${f_2}\left( {{\pi \over {16}}} \right) = 1$
B.
${f_3}\left( {{\pi \over {32}}} \right) = 1$
C.
${f_4}\left( {{\pi \over {64}}} \right) = 1$
D.
${f_5}\left( {{\pi \over {128}}} \right) = 1$
1988 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 1988
The values of $\theta $ lying between $\theta = \theta $ and $\theta = \pi /2$ and satisfying the equation

$\left| {\matrix{ {1 + {{\sin }^2}\theta } & {{{\cos }^2}\theta } & {4\sin 4\theta } \cr {{{\sin }^2}\theta } & {1 + {{\cos }^2}\theta } & {4\sin 4\theta } \cr {{{\sin }^2}\theta } & {{{\cos }^2}\theta } & {1 + 4\sin 4\theta } \cr } } \right| = 0$ are

A.
$7\pi /24$
B.
$5\pi /24$
C.
$11\pi /24$
D.
$\pi /24$
2005 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2005
Find the range of values of $\,t$ for which $$2\,\sin \,t = {{1 - 2x + 5{x^2}} \over {3{x^2} - 2x - 1}},\,\,\,\,\,t\, \in \,\left[ { - {\pi \over 2},\,{\pi \over 2}} \right].$$
2000 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2000
In any triangle $ABC,$ prove that $$\cot {A \over 2} + \cot {B \over 2} + \cot {C \over 2} = \cot {A \over 2}\cot {B \over 2}\cot {C \over 2}.$$
1998 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1998
Prove that $\tan \,\alpha + 2\tan 2\alpha + 4\tan 4\alpha + 8\cot 8\alpha = \cot \alpha $
1997 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1997
Prove that $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{n - 1} {\left( {n - k} \right)\,\cos \,{{2k\pi } \over n} = - {n \over 2},} $ where $n \ge 3$ is an integer.
1997 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1997
Prove that the values of the function ${{\sin x\cos 3x} \over {\sin 3x\cos x}}$ do not lie between ${1 \over 3}$ and 3 for any real $x.$
1996 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1996
Find all values of $\theta $ in the interval $\left( { - {\pi \over 2},{\pi \over 2}} \right)$ satisfying the equation $\left( {1 - \tan \,\theta } \right)\left( {1 + \tan \,\theta } \right)\,\,{\sec ^2}\theta + \,\,{2^{{{\tan }^2}\theta }} = 0.$
1995 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1995
Find the smallest positive number $p$ for which the equation $\cos \left( {p\,\sin x} \right) = \sin \left( {p\cos x} \right)$ has a solution $x\, \in \,\left[ {0,2\pi } \right]$.
1993 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1993
Determine the smallest positive value of number $x$ (in degrees) for which $$\tan \left( {x + {{100}^ \circ }} \right) = \tan \left( {x + {{50}^ \circ }} \right)\,\tan \left( x \right)\tan \left( {x - {{50}^ \circ }} \right).$$
1992 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1992
Show that the value of ${{\tan x} \over {\tan 3x}},$ wherever defined never lies between ${1 \over 3}$ and 3.
1991 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1991
If $\exp \,\,\,\left\{ {\left( {\left( {{{\sin }^2}x + {{\sin }^4}x + {{\sin }^6}x + \,\,\,..............\infty } \right)\,In\,\,2} \right)} \right\}$ satiesfies the equation ${x^2} - 9x + 8 = 0,$ find the value of ${{\cos x} \over {\cos x + \sin x}},\,0 < x < {\pi \over 2}.$
1990 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1990
$ABC$ is a triangle such that $$\sin \left( {2A + B} \right) = \sin \left( {C - A} \right) = \, - \sin \left( {B + 2C} \right) = {1 \over 2}.$$

If $A,\,B$ and $C$ are in arithmetic progression, determine the values of $A,\,B$ and $C$.

1984 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1984
Find the values of $x \in \left( { - \pi , + \pi } \right)$ which satisfy the equation ${g^{(1 + \left| {\cos x} \right| + \left| {{{\cos }^2}x} \right| + \left| {{{\cos }^3}x} \right| + ...)}} = {4^3}$
1983 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1983
Show that $$16\cos \left( {{{2\pi } \over {15}}} \right)\cos \left( {{{4\pi } \over {15}}} \right)\cos \left( {{{8\pi } \over {15}}} \right)\cos \left( {{{16\pi } \over {15}}} \right) = 1$$
1983 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1983
Find all solutions of $4{\cos ^2}\,x\sin x - 2{\sin ^2}x = 3\sin x$
1982 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1982
Without using tables, prove that $\left( {\sin \,{{12}^ \circ }} \right)\left( {\sin \,{{48}^ \circ }} \right)\left( {\sin \,{{54}^ \circ }} \right) = {1 \over 8}.$
1980 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1980
Given $A = \left\{ {x:{\pi \over 6} \le x \le {\pi \over 3}} \right\}$ and
$f\left( x \right) = \cos x - x\left( {1 + x} \right);$ find $f\left( A \right).$
1980 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1980
Given $\alpha + \beta - \gamma = \pi ,$ prove that
$\,{\sin ^2}\alpha + {\sin ^2}\beta - {\sin ^2}\gamma = 2\sin \alpha {\mkern 1mu} \sin \beta {\mkern 1mu} \cos y$
1980 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1980
For all $\theta $ in $\left[ {0,\,\pi /2} \right]$ show that, $\cos \left( {\sin \theta } \right) \ge \,\sin \,\left( {\cos \theta } \right).$
1979 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1979
(a) Draw the graph of $y = {1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}\left( {cinx + \cos x} \right)$ from $x = - {\pi \over 2}$ to $x = {\pi \over 2}$.

(b) If $\cos \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 5},\,\,\sin \,\left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = \,{5 \over {13}},$ and $\alpha ,\,\beta $ lies between 0 and ${\pi \over 4}$, find tan2$\alpha $.

1978 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1978
If $\tan \alpha = {m \over {m + 1}}\,$ and $\tan \beta = {2 \over {2m + 1}},$ find the possible values of $\left( {\alpha + \beta } \right).$
1997 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1997
The real roots of the equation $\,{\cos ^7}x + {\sin ^4}x = 1$ in the interval $\left( { - \pi ,\pi } \right)$ are ...., ...., and ______.
1996 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1996
General value of $\theta $ satisfying the equation ${\tan ^2}\theta + \sec \,2\,\theta = 1$ is _________.
1993 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1993
If $K = \sin \left( {\pi /18} \right)\sin \left( {5\pi /18} \right)\sin \left( {7\pi /18} \right),$ then the numerical value of K is ______.
1993 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1993
If $A > 0,B > 0\,$ and $A + B = \pi /3,$ then the maximum value of tan A tan B is _______.
1991 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 1991
The value of
$\sin {\pi \over {14}}\sin {{3\pi } \over {14}}\sin {{5\pi } \over {14}}\sin {{7\pi } \over {14}}\sin {{9\pi } \over {14}}\sin {{11\pi } \over {14}}\sin {{13\pi } \over {14}}$ is equal to ______.