(Mathematics) TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATION

HOME WORK –1
(PROBLEMS BASED ON FUNDAMENTALS)
Q. Solve for 𝛉:
1. sin3θ = 0 2. cos 2 (5θ) = 0 3. tanθ = √3
4. sin2θ = sinθ 5. sin(9θ) = sinθ 6. 5sin2 θ + 3cos 2 θ = 4
7. tan (θ − 15∘ ) = 3tan (θ + 15∘ ) 8. tan2 (θ) + cot 2 (θ) = 2
9. cos (θ) + cos (2θ) + cos (3θ) = 0
10. sin (2θ) + sin (4θ) + sin (6θ) = 0

11. tan (θ) + tan (2θ) + tan (θ). tan (2θ) = 1

12. tan (θ) + tan (2θ) + tan (3θ) = tan (θ) . tan (2θ) . tan (3θ)
3
13. cot 2 θ + sin θ + 3 = 0 14. 2tanθ − cotθ = −1

15. tan2 θ + (1 − √3)tanθ − √3 = 0

π 2π
16. tanθ + tan (θ + 3 ) + tan (θ + )=3
3

17. 3tan(θ − 60∘ ) = tan(θ + 60∘ )

18. tanθ + tan2θ + tan3θ = 0

1
19. cos2θ cos4θ = 2

20. cotθ − tanθ = cosθ − sinθ

21. (1 − tanθ)(1 + sin2θ) = 1 + tanθ

22. 2sin2 θ + sin2 2θ = 2

23. sin3α = 4sinθ sin(θ + α) sin(θ − α), α ≠ nπ, n ∈ Z

24. 4sinθ sin2θ sin4θ = sin3θ

PRINCIPAL VALUE
Q. Find the principal value of
1 1
25. sin(θ) = − 2. 26. sin(θ) = 27. tan(θ) = −√3
√2
1 1
28. tanθ = −1 29. cosθ = 2 30. cosθ = − 2

31. tanθ = −√3 32. secθ = √2.

SOLUTIONS IN CASE IF TWO EQUATIONS ARE GIVEN:
1 1
33. If sin(θ) = and cos(θ) = − , then find the general values of θ
√2 √2

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34. If sin(θ) = and tan(θ) = −1, then find the general values of θ
√2
1
35. If cosθ = and tanθ = −1, then find the general value of θ
√2
1 1
36. Find the most general value of θ which satisfy the equations sinθ = 2 and tanθ =
√3

DIFFERENT TYPES IF TRIGNOMETRIC EQUATION

TYPE–1
Q. Solve for x :
x
37. 5 cos 2x + 2 cos 2 (2) + 1 = 0 38. 4 sin4 x + cos 4 x = 1

39. 4 cos2 x sin x − 2 sin2 x = 2 sin x 40. sin 3x + cos 2x = 1

3
41. 2 cos 2x + √2 sin x = 2 42. 1 + sin3 x + cos 3 x = 2 sin 2x
7 17
43. sin6 x + cos6 x = 16 44. sin8 x + cos 8 x = 16 cos 2 2x
45. 2 sin3 x + 2 = cos2 3x 46. cos 4x = cos 2 3x
47. cos 2x = 6 tan2 x − 2 cos 2 x
TYPE–2
Q. Solve for x :
48. (2 sin x − cos x)(1 + cos x) = sin2 x 49. 2 sin2 x + sin x − 1 = 0 where 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π
1
50. 5 sin2 x + 7sin x − 6 = 0 where 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π 51. sin2 x − cos x = 4, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π

52. tan2 x − 2 tan x − 3 = 0 53. 2 cos2 x − √3 sin x + 1 = 0

TYPE–3
Q. Solve for x :
π
54. sin x + sin 3x + sin 5x = 0,0 ≤ x ≤ 55. cosx − cos2x = sin 3x
2
π 3x x
56. sin7x + sin4x + sinx = 0,0 ≤ x ≤ 57. cos 3x + cos 2x = sin ( 2 ) + sin (2) , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π
2

58. sin x + sin 2x + sin 3x = cos x + cos 2x + cos 3x , −π ≤ x ≤ 2π

59. cos2x + cos4x = 2 cos x 60. sin 2x + cos 2x + sin x + cos x + 1 = 0
61. tan x + tan 2x + tan 3x = 0 62. tan 3x + tanx = 2 tan 2𝑥
63. (1 − tanx)(1 + sin2x) = (1 + tan x) 64. sin x − 3sin2x + sin3x = cosx 3cos2x + cos 3x

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Answer Key
nπ 1 π π
1. θ = 2. θ = 5 (nπ ± ( 2 )) 3. θ = nπ + ( 3 )
3

π π nπ π
4. θ = nπ and θ = 2nπ ± 3 5. θ = (2n + 1) 10 and θ = ( 4 ) 6. θ = nπ ± ( 4 )
π π
7. θ = (4n + 1) 4 8. θ = nπ ± ( 4 )
π 2π nπ nπ π nπ π
9. θ = (2n + 1) ( 4 ) and θ = nπ ± ( 3 ) 10. θ = ( 4 ) and θ = ( 2 ) ± (3 ) 11. θ = ( 3 ) + (12)
nπ π π
12. θ = ( 3 ) , n ∈ I 13. θ = (4n − 1) 2 , θ = nπ + (−1)n (− 6 )
π 1
14. θ = (nπ − 4 ) , θ = nπ + α, α = tan−1 (2)
π π nπ π
15. θ = nπ + 3 , θ = nπ − 4 16. θ = + 12 17. no solution.
3
1 π
18. θ = nπ ± α , α = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( ) 20. θ = nπ + 4
√2
π π π
21. θ = nπ − 4 , θ = nπ, n ∈ I 22. θ = (2n + 1) 2 , θ = nπ ± 4
π π
23. θ = nπ ± 3 24. θ = nπ, θ = nπ ± 3
π π π π π 2π
25. (− 6 ) 26. 4 27. − 3 28. − 4 29. 30. 3
3
π π 3π 3π 7π π
31.− 3 32. 4 33.(2nπ + ) 34. (2nπ + ) 35. 2nπ + 36. 2nπ + 3
4 4 4

π 2 π
37. 2nπ ± 3 38. nπ, x = nπ ± α, α = sin−1 (√5) 39. nπ, x = (4n + 1) 2

√13−1 π
40. nπ, x = nπ + (−1)n α, α = sin−1 ( ) 41. nπ, n = nπ + (−1)n ( 4 )
4

π π nπ π nπ α √5–1 π
42. nπ + (−1)n (− 4 ) − 4 43. ±6 44. ± 2 , α = sin−1 (√ 4 ) 45. (4n − 1) 2 ,
3 2

π π
46. nπ 47. nπ ± 6 48. x = 2nπ ± π, x = nπ + (−1)n 6 , n ∈ Z
π 5π 3π 3 3
49. 6 , , 50. sin−1 (5) , π − sin−1 (5)
6 2
π 5π π π
51. 3 , 52. nπ − 4 , x = nπ + α, α = tan−1 (3) 53. nπ + (−1)n ( 3 )
3
π π π 2π π π
54. 0, 3 55. nπ + 4 , 2nπ − 2 56. 0, ,4,2
9
π π 3π 13π 17π 7π 5π 29π 2nπ 2π π π 2π
57. 3 , 5 , , , , , , 59. ± , x = (2n + 1) 2 60. nπ − 4 , x = 2nπ ±
5 15 15 5 3 15 3 9 3
nπ π nπ π
62. , x = nπ 63. nπ, x = nπ − 4 64. +8
2 2

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