PROBLEM SET
'tan              is:
      1.   The principal value of sin                4
           A
                   4          4             2                   -
                                                            [WBJEE, 2008]
     2. Value of tan -i| sin 2 1
                              Cos2
                                                 T
           @-1
            2
                        ® 1- 4       C 2-        2              4
                                                                     -1
4
                                                           [WBJEE, 2010]
     3. If sin          +cosec=         2    then the value of xis:
               4         5                  1                   3
                                                            [AIEEE, 2007]
    4. The value of cot cosec1+
                              3 +tan
                                 tanequals:          3.
             5
                         3                   4
            17           17                                      6
                                            17                  17
    5. If x, y, z are in                            [AIEEE, 2008]
                         A.P. and tan-'x, tan-'y
       also in A.P, then:                        and tan-z are
                                                                                          Inverse Circular Functions                                229
        2x =2y = 6z                   6x = 3y =2z                           16.   tan+cos )+tan(-cos) is equal to:
   © 6x = 4y = 3z                      x =y= Z
                                                           [AIEEE, 2013]          A   2b                b
                                                                                      a                 2a
                                                                                                                                         [WBJEE, 2009]
6. If fx) = 2tan'* +s i n x > 1, then f5) is
                        1+x
                                                                                                          of the equation
   equal to:                                                                17. The most general solution
                                                                                  tan(secx})+cot(2cosx) =
                                 (B) T                                                                                      are:
        4tan-ls                        tan-/ 65
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                                                                                                                            6
                                             [Online JEE Main, 2015]                             3
                                                                                                   solution of the equation
                                                                            18. The most general
 7. Let tan'y = tan'x + tan                            where |x|<j5             sin[2 cos cot(2 tanx)]= 0
                                                                                                              are:
   then a value of y is:                                                             t1, t(1 + v2)             1, t(1 - V2)
      3x- x        3* + x*             3x-x2                 3x + x?                                                   -1, t(1 - V2)
        1+ 3x?         1+3x2           1-312                  1-3x?               © +1, t(1 ± /2)
                                                                                                     and y= sinx/1-y +i - ]
                                                         (JEE Main, 2015]
                                                                            19. Forx= 2
8. The value of sin(-4x + 6) + cos(- 4x + 6)
   for all xeR is:                                                                is equal to:
        2                                                                              12
        0                              none of these                                   510                       O none of these
                                                                                       12
 9. If2 sin'x-3cos'x=4, then 2sin'x+3cos'x equals:
            6T - 4     4- 6            3Tt                                  20. tanl+ tan2 + tan3 is equal to:
                                                          0 0
                5          5             2                                            0
                                                                                                                 O none of these
10. If (cotx) - 7(cot'x) + 10 > 0, then x lies in the
    interval:
      (cot 5, cot 2)                   (-0, cot 5) U(cot 2, o)               21. If cot-(Vcos oa) - tan-"(Vcos a) =x, then sinx is
    © (-0, cot 5)                       (cot 2, o)                                equal to:
11. The principal value of sinsin 3 is:
                                                                                       tan?
                                                                                                 2       cot     C) tan a.                     cota
    A
        2T
            3                                3                               22. If sinx-+
                                        none of these
        3                                                                             ,0<<x|<v2, then x is equal to:
                                       2
12. The value of tan           +cos              is:                                                  B 1               1                      -1
                           3
                                         5T
        4
            37
                                           4
                                  O none of these
                                                                              23. The value of cos cos-+                           is:
                4                                                                         1
13. 2tan{cosec(tanx) -tan(cot'x)} is equal to:                                            -1                           none of these
                                           n - tan'x
        tan                                                                   24. The value of cos-)+ sin                                is:
        tan'x                            n - cot'x
                                                                                                                       0
                                                                                           3
14. 2(sin'cos sin'x + cos'sin cos'x) is equal to:                                                                      none of these
                     ® 0              O 2x
                                                                                          30                      30
15. sin cos'tan sec-'x (where x<V2) is equal to:                              25. If            sinx; = 15, then Sx, is equal to:
                                                                                          i=l
                                                                    1
                                                                                           120              60     © 30                        15
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26. If } cos-'x, = 0,
                      then                  x, is equal to:                           37. If 0sA<, then
              (k+ 1)
                            (3 2k                     k{k2-1)                              tan-tan 2A }+ tan(cotA) +tan(cot'A) is equal to.
                  2                                                  k
                                                                                                                    0
27. The value of                                                                              4                                     2
                                                          is equal to:                 38. If a =
                                                                                                       sin-1l-x?
                                                                                                                        and B = 2
                                                                                                                                 tan-1+x
                                                                                                           1+x?                      1-x0<*<1.
                                   V3
          2
                                   2                                                       then    a+B     is   equal to:
                                                                          2                            2
28. If asin'x - bcos-lx = c
                            then asin-lx + bcosx is                                                                                                         0
    equal to:                                                                                 4                                     2
                                                                                                                 2
       Tab + c(a + b)                                                                 39. cos-!    1+ l+ x (where x                     0) is equal to:
            a+b
                               Ttab - ca + b)
                                                         a+b                                       V 2/1 +x?
      © Tab + cla -b)
                      a+b
                                                  Tab +ca -b)
                                                         a-b
                                                                                           ;tan'x tan-'x                       ©-cot'x
                                                                                                                                2                           cot'x
29. If 3 sin'x - 4cos-'x = 4, then                                                     40. The number of real solutions of the equation
                                   4 sin-x + 3 cos'x is
      equal to:                                                                             V1+ cos2x = 2sinsin x), -nSx<I is:
                                                                                              0
          (4-25n)                                                                          © 2                                      none of these
      ©(4             + 251)                      none of these
                                                                                      41. If0 sa, b<land sin -1 2a
                                                                                                                        1+ a'
                                                                                                                                + sin -1 2b             = 2tan- x,
30. If sin'x + sin'y + cos'z = 2r,                                                                                                         1+b2
                                   then x +y+ z is                                        then x is equal to:
    equal to:
                                                                                                  ab                a +b            a+b                         at
          0                 B 3                   2                  1                        1- ab             1- ab               ab-1                    ab -1
31. The value of sin[cot{tan(cosx)}} (where x >
                                                0) is:
      A
                                                                                      42. The value of tan sin(+cotis:
                                                                                              7                 16               17
                                                                                             16
          x
                                            O none of these
32. If (sin'x)² + (cos-'x)' =                -, x<0then xis equal to:
                                                                                      43. sin log,          is defined for:
                                            ® -1
                                                                                            O1sxs9                  ;sxs1        sxs9                   0<xs9
                                                                                      44. If 2 tan-(cos ) = tan(2 cosec0), then is equal
                                                                                                                                         to:
                                           O none of these
                                                                                                                 2nT -         © nT +
                                                                                                                           4               4                         4
33. If tan-/x(x+1) +sin/x²+x+1 = , then x is                                          45. The value of
                                                                 2
      equal to:                                                                           cosx + cos
          0                    0, -1       O 0, 1                    -1
                                                                                             2Tt
34. cos tan-sin cot'x (where x > 0) is equal to:
              x+1                  lx+2           lx+1
                                                                                                                                 none of these
              x+2                                                        x2+1         46. The solution of the equation
35. cot                                                                                   sin-'6x + sin-'6/3x=- is
                  -cot             is equal to:                                               1
              4                4
                                                                                             12
                                                                                                                                 none of these
36. The value of tan-| X COS O,                         cot-'|_ cos             is:
                      \1-xsin t/                                lx- sin .             47. The number of solutions of the equation
          independent ofa                     independent of x                             2sin-'-x+1 + cos-!x?-x= 3                               is
                                                                                                                                               2
                                                                                                                2              O3                       1
                                                                                              Inverse Circular Functions                              231
48, If a, b, c be positive real numbers, then:
                                                                                   58. If                          sin(tan'a), then a is equal to:
    tan-!
                       bc               +tan-          a +b+c)                               4                                 17--13²
                                                               ca
                                                                                                                                    17 x13
                                        + tan   -1   ca+b+c)
                                                               ab   is equal to:
                                                                                            V17+132
                                2
                                                                                    59. If the three positive real numbers X, y, z (y < 1) are
A9. If = sin-'x+ cos'x- tan'x, x>0, then the smallest                                   in G.P. and tan'x, tan-'y, tan'z are in A.P, then:
    interval in which lies is given by:                                                                                               1
                       3                                                                  x= y= Z
                                                      -s0s0                                                                    none of these
                                                                                        © x= y =Z=0
    ©0ses
                       4                                                           60. The value of tan-|           sin 2-1)   is equal to:
                                                                                                                     cos2
50. a, Band y are three angles given by                                                           -1                           2      2
        a = 2tan(W2-1), B= 3sin1+ sin-                                      and                                                     -1
                                                                                         ©1 - 4
               cog-
                      3 then:
                                                                                   61. cot+ cot+
                                                                                              2
                                                                                                 cot1 2 t... tonterms is equal to:
           a> B                                       none of these                          tan-l_ 2n                         cot-. 2n
                                                                                                       4n +5                           4n +5
51. If cos'x + cosy + cos'z = 3r, then xy + yz + zx                                                      2n                    cot-?. 2n
                                                                                        © tan                                        4n +3
        is equal to:                                                                                    4n +3
           3                                           -3           O -1
                                                                                   62. If t a n = , then tant is equal to:
                                                                                            r=l
52. The value of coscos2+
                      3  sin(sin is equal to:                                                0                              B 1
           10                                                          0
                                                                                             T
                                                                                                                            O none of these
               3
                            )2                          3                                    4
                                                                                                                                                    (UT, 2006]
                                                        3Tt
 53. If sin-x + sin'y + sin'z = , then the value of                                 63. The number of positive integral solution(s) of the
           +y' + - 3xyz is equal to:                                                    equation:
           -6                                          6
                                                                                         tan'x + sec-1 yl
                                                                                                          +y' = cosec-l VIO is
        O0                                             none of these                                                                      3
 54. cot(cosa + cos-b) + cot(sina + sin"b) is equal to:                                      2                ®0                1               4
               2                    4
                                                                                    64. The solution set of the inequation cosx < sin'x
                                                                                         is the interval:
 55. If AABC is a right angled triangle with ZC=
        then tan-!.                 + tan-!.            is equal to:                             (-1, 1]                           (0, 1)
                       b+c                      C+a
                                                                                                                                               [WBJEE, 2011]
                            B                                       D0
               2                    4                      4                        65. If for two real numbers x, y withx<l andy s1
 56. The number of solution(s) of the equation                                              1,
                                                                                             + (sinx+ sin y) +, (sin-'x + sin- y
                                                                                                              4                      16
     sin-12+ in-1 l2 ;is:
                                                                                                                  (sinx+sin- y)                  2(8 - 3)
               0                                       1                                                                64                      3(16+ 3r)
         ©2                                          O infinitely many                      thenthevalue of sin(1- y² +yI-*} is equal to:
                                                                                                  2(32 + 157)                        3T
  57.    } cos(k + is equal to:
         k=l                                                                                           3T 8                           4
                                                                       cot'2                                                 O none to these
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     66. 1f fz) - x(1331r                        3630x        3300). then for
                       cos'(tan '(sinlcot 3)))                                                       of
            a                                                                          75. The value
                     fta 1) - 31                                                                                  2-5
                                                                                              sincot cos           4
            O lim fx) = 1000                             Ax)- 1000)dx =2500
    67. If sin                          and tan 9 - P. then the value of
                                                                                                        tan7 + tan-'5- cot-i-i                  is
           sin
                      4s                     is equal to:                              76. The value of
                                        40
                                                                                                                                                4
                 I+ (a            B)                     none of these
                                                                                      77. The value of
   68. The value of tan '2 4 cot                         is equal to:                                                  sinSOSC-1
                                                                                                  cotcos a- tanvcos a+
                 37
                 4                                        4
            O tan5                                 Onone of these
                                                                                                                   cot-(2-1)                     is:
   69.
           sn sin )                    sin sin 13
                                               2r|                                    78. The value of 2cos-'tan(2
                                                                                                  0          -1
                                                                      is equal to:
                                                                                                                                the value of
             2T
                                                                                      79. If 3 + 5cos(2 cos'x + sin'x) =0, then
                13                                                                            xis:
                 11
                 13
                                                     none of these                                           3
                                                                                                                     tan-3
  70. If x = y= -7, then the value of                                                                  lan l+ tan 2+
                                                                                      80. The value of cot1 +cot2 + cot-3 is:
                                             2x
         tan-!
                 1+ xy       -sin' 1+ x + tan                  y is equal to:
                                                                                                  2
                                                                                                             21         © 2
                                                    0
                                                  D none of these                    81. If 2k tan-!
                                                                                                                I+ cos sec
                                                                                                         cossec16
                                                                                                                   2
                                                                     Cos-!l - 2
 71. If0<a, b < 1, x> l and sin-4
                 -1 1 2x
                               1+g                                        1+b                 I+
                                                                                              4  tan- tan         tan   32
                                                                                                                                 then k =
         = tan        -2:     then:
                                                                                                                                            1
                                                                                                          ® 1           © 2                 4
            x =
                      a- b
                     1+ ab                                                           82. If          =   +y+7, then
     B     tan
                      1+ ab
                     1+ ab
                                                                                         tan+ tan-1/x
                     b-a                                                                                     2
                                                                                                                        © 2
          tanx+ cot-! 4-b                    =
                                   1+ ab
                                                                                     83. The value of tan2x?+ 3x + in-'2x?+ 3x +1
72. The solution set of x -4x < sin-'(sin 4) is:                                          +cos-'4x + 4x+1 (for any real x) is:
          (-, 2- V)                              ® (2-V, 2+ Wr)                               T                                             0
             V, 2 +/r)                             (2+ V, o)                                                                 2
73. The value of sin                                                                 84. If a = 2cot(V2+1), B= 3sintsin
                         B
                                                                                                  3' S= sinl
                              7
                                                                                                                             then:
74. The sum of the series                                                                     a<ß<S<y                        8<a<ß<y
    cot2 + cot-'8 + cot'18 + cot32 + .. is:                                                   a<ô<ß<?
      If fa)=tan(+}cosx)+tan(-cos'x)
                      1
85.               4   2            4    2
      (x0), then the value of f   is:
                                            T
         2            2                     3