Trigonometric Equations

55 Questions Numerical
2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

The number of elements in the set $\left\{x \in\left[0,180^{\circ}\right]: \tan \left(x+100^{\circ}\right)=\tan \left(x+50^{\circ}\right) \tan x \tan \left(x-50^{\circ}\right)\right\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

The number of solutions of $\sin ^2 x+\left(2+2 x-x^2\right) \sin x-3(x-1)^2=0$, where $-\pi \leq x \leq \pi$, is ________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

Let $S=\left\{\sin ^2 2 \theta:\left(\sin ^4 \theta+\cos ^4 \theta\right) x^2+(\sin 2 \theta) x+\left(\sin ^6 \theta+\cos ^6 \theta\right)=0\right.$ has real roots $\}$. If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the smallest and largest elements of the set $S$, respectively, then $3\left((\alpha-2)^2+(\beta-1)^2\right)$ equals __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

If m and n respectively are the numbers of positive and negative values of $\theta$ in the interval $[-\pi,\pi]$ that satisfy the equation $\cos 2\theta \cos {\theta \over 2} = \cos 3\theta \cos {{9\theta } \over 2}$, then mn is equal to ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

Let $\mathrm{S = \{ \theta \in [0,2\pi ):\tan (\pi \cos \theta ) + \tan (\pi \sin \theta ) = 0\}}$. Then $\sum\limits_{\theta \in S} {{{\sin }^2}\left( {\theta + {\pi \over 4}} \right)} $ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

Let $S=\left\{\theta \in(0,2 \pi): 7 \cos ^{2} \theta-3 \sin ^{2} \theta-2 \cos ^{2} 2 \theta=2\right\}$. Then, the sum of roots of all the equations $x^{2}-2\left(\tan ^{2} \theta+\cot ^{2} \theta\right) x+6 \sin ^{2} \theta=0, \theta \in S$, is __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

Let $S=\left[-\pi, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)-\left\{-\frac{\pi}{2},-\frac{\pi}{4},-\frac{3 \pi}{4}, \frac{\pi}{4}\right\}$. Then the number of elements in the set $\mid A=\{\theta \in S: \tan \theta(1+\sqrt{5} \tan (2 \theta))=\sqrt{5}-\tan (2 \theta)\}$ is __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

If the sum of solutions of the system of equations $2 \sin ^{2} \theta-\cos 2 \theta=0$ and $2 \cos ^{2} \theta+3 \sin \theta=0$ in the interval $[0,2 \pi]$ is $k \pi$, then $k$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

Let ${S_1} = \{ x \in [0,12\pi ]:{\sin ^5}x + {\cos ^5}x = 1\} $

and ${S_2} = \{ x \in [0,8\pi ]:{\sin ^7}x + {\cos ^7}x = 1\} $

Then $n({S_1}) - n({S_2})$ is equal to ______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

The number of solutions of the equation $\sin x = {\cos ^2}x$ in the interval (0, 10) is _________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

The number of elements in the set $S = \{ \theta \in [ - 4\pi ,4\pi ]:3{\cos ^2}2\theta + 6\cos 2\theta - 10{\cos ^2}\theta + 5 = 0\} $ is __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Morning Shift

The number of solutions of the equation

$2\theta - {\cos ^2}\theta + \sqrt 2 = 0$ in R is equal to ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Morning Shift

The number of values of x in the interval $\left( {{\pi \over 4},{{7\pi } \over 4}} \right)$ for which

$14\cos e{c^2}x - 2{\sin ^2}x = 21 - 4{\cos ^2}x$ holds, is ____________.

2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Evening Shift
Let S be the sum of all solutions (in radians) of the equation ${\sin ^4}\theta + {\cos ^4}\theta - \sin \theta \cos \theta = 0$ in [0, 4$\pi$]. Then ${{8S} \over \pi }$ is equal to ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 18th March Morning Shift
The number of solutions of the equation

$|\cot x| = \cot x + {1 \over {\sin x}}$ in the interval [ 0, 2$\pi$ ] is
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th February Morning Shift
If $\sqrt 3 ({\cos ^2}x) = (\sqrt 3 - 1)\cos x + 1$, the number of solutions of the given equation when $x \in \left[ {0,{\pi \over 2}} \right]$ is __________.
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 ]

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 _______.