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COMPOUND ANGLES
PREVIOUS EAMCET BITS
1. 2 cos ec20° sec 20° = [EAMCET 2008]
1) 2 2) 2sin20° cosec40° 3) 4 4) 4sin45° cosec40°
Ans: 4
2 2 2 2 2
Sol. 2 cos ec20° sec 20° = = =
sin 20° cos 20° 2sin 20° cos 20° sin 40°
= 2 2 cos ec40° = 4sin 45° cos ec40°
3
2. If cos ( A − B ) = and tanA tanB=2, then which one of the following is true? [EAMCET 2007]
5
1 1 1 1
1) sin ( A + B ) = 2) sin ( A + B ) = − 3) cos ( A − B ) = 4) cos ( A + B ) = −
5 5 5 5
Ans: 4
sin A sin B 2
Sol. tan A tan B = 2 ⇒ =
cos A cos B 1
cos ( A − B ) −1
By using compounds and dividends = −3 ⇒ cos ( A + B ) =
cos ( A + B ) 5
tan 80° − tan10°
3. = [EAMCET 2007]
tan 70°
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
Ans: 3
Sol. tan 70° = tan ( 80° − 10° )
tan 80° − tan10°
tan 70° =
1 + tan 80° tan10°
tan 80° − tan10°
⇒ =2
tan 70°
4. cos ec15° + sec15° = [EAMCET 2006]
1) 2 2 2) 6 3) 2 6 4) 6+ 2
Ans: 3
3 −1 3 +1
Sol. sin15 = ; cos15 =
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2
cos ec15° + sec15° = +
3 −1 3 +1

2 2
( 3 +1+ 3 −1 )=2 2×2 3
=2 6
( 3 + 1)( 3 − 1) 2
5. cos12° + cos84° + cos132° + cos156° = [EAMCET 2004]
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) – 4) −
2 4 4 2
Ans: 4

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Compounds Angles
1
Sol. cos132° + cos12° + cos156° + cos84° = 2 cos 72° cos 60° + 2 cos120°cos36° = −
2
4 5 π
6. If cos ( α + β ) = sin ( α − β ) = and α, β lie between 0 and , then tan2α= [EAMCET 2002]
5 13 4
56 33 16 60
1) 2) 3) 4)
33 56 65 61
Ans: 1
Sol. 2α = ( α + β ) + ( α − β )
tan ( α + β ) + tan ( α − β )
tan 2α =
1 − tan ( α + β ) tan ( α − β )
3 5
+
56
= 4 2 =
3 5 33
1− .
4 12
⎛π ⎞ ⎛π ⎞
7. cos 2 ⎜ + θ ⎟ − sin 2 ⎜ − θ ⎟ = [EAMCET 2001]
⎝6 ⎠ ⎝6 ⎠
1 −1 2 1
1) cos 2θ 2) 0 3) cos θ 4)
2 2 2
Ans: 1
⎛π ⎞ ⎛π ⎞
Sol. cos 2 ⎜ + θ ⎟ − sin 2 ⎜ − θ ⎟
⎝6 ⎠ ⎝6 ⎠
⎛π π ⎞ ⎛π π ⎞
= cos ⎜ + θ + − θ ⎟ .cos ⎜ + θ − + θ ⎟
⎝6 6 ⎠ ⎝6 6 ⎠
1
= cos 2θ
2

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