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Trigonometry Phase 2
Trigonometric Equations

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TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATION GENERAL SOLUTION OF

TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATION:
Two types of solution

(i) If sin  = sin 

 = n + (–1)n 
Principal solution General solution   
0  2   (6 forms) where    ,  ,n I.
 2 2

(ii) If cos cos  (iii) If tan = tan 

 = 2n   = n + 
where [0,], n I.   
where    ,  n I.
 2 2

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(iv) If sin2 = sin2 (v) cos2 = cos2 
 = n  = n 

(vi) tan2= tan2  TYPES OF

 = n  TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
(i) Type -1
Note :  is called the principal angle Solution of trigonometric equation
by factorisation or equation which
are expressed in quadratic form or
which can be expressed in quadratic
form.

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Ex. 2 cos x . cos 2x = cos x Ex. (2 sin x – cos x) ( 1 +cos x) = sin2x.

Ex. cot x – cos x = 1 – cot x. cos x Ex. 3 cos2x – 10 cos x + 3 = 0

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Ex. 3 sin2 x –sin x. cos x – 4 cos2x = 0 Ex. 2 sin2 2x + 6 sin2 x = 5

Ex. (1 –tan) (1 + sin2) = 1 + tan. Ex. Find the general solution of the
trigonometric equation
cos4x + 6 = 7 cos 2x and also find
the sum of all the solution in [3,3]

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Ex. 5 tan4 x – sec4 x = 29 Ex. tan2+ sec2 =1

(ii) Type -2
Note (1) First check for real solution
Solving trigonometric equations by
(2) Avoid squaring
introducting an Auxilliary argument
Equation of the form of
a cos + b sin= c.

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Ex. sin x + cos x = 2 Ex. 3 cos x + sin = 2

Ex. sin x + cos x = 1.5 Ex. (sec x –1) =  

2  1 tan x.

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Ex. 4 cos x + 3 sin x = 5. 3

Ex. 1+ sin3x + cos3x = sin 2x.
2

(iii) Type-3 :
Ex. Solve : 3 3 sin3x + cos3x + 3 3
Solving equations by Transforming
sin x cos x = 1.
a sum of Trigonometric fum of
Trigonometric functions into a
product.

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(iv) Type-4 Ex. General solution of the trigonometric
Solving equations by transforming equation,
a product of trigonometric functions sin x + sin 5x = sin 2x + sin 4x is
into a sum. n 2n
(A) (B)
3 3
(C) 2n (D) n

Ex. Number of solutions of the Ex. Find all value of , between 0 & ,
trigonometric equation in [0,] which satisfy the equation; cos .
sin 3 = 4 sin . sin sin2.sin4. cos 2 . cos 3  = 1/4.
(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 10

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Ex. Number of solutions of the equation, Ex. Find the number of solution of the
sin x + 2 sin 2x = 3 + sin 3x in [0,] equation in [0,2]
(A) no solution tan(5cos ) = cot (5sin )
(B) infinite solutio
(C) exactly one solution
(D) two solutions

Ex. cos2x + cos22x + cos23x + cos24x Ex. cosec x – cosec 2x = cosec 4x.
= 2.

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sin 6x (v) Type -5 : Solving equations by

Ex. = 8 cos x. cos 2x. cos 4x change of variable or by substitution
sin x
method

Ex. sin42x + cos42x = sin2x . cos2x. (vi) Type-6 : Solving equations with the
use of the boundness of the function
sin x/ cox x

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Ex. sin3 x – cos3 x = 1 + sin x . cos x Ex. cosx + cos 2x + cos 3x = 3

Ex. Solve for x and y, 1 – 2x –x2 = tan2 Ex. Number of ordered pair satisfying
(x + y) + cot2 (x +y). 2
the inequality, 2cos ec z y 2  2y  2
2.

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(vii) Type-7 : Ex. 1  cos x  sin x .

Solution of trigonometric equation
of the form of f(x) =   x 

 TRIGONOMETRIC
 2
Ex. 2sin  3x    1  8sin 2x cos 2x INEQUALITIES AND SYSTEM
 4 OF INEQUALITIES

1. sinx > 0
0<x<

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1
2. sin x >  x
2 3. log2  sin   1
 2
 5 7 
x ;  x x 1
6 6 6 6  0 < sin 
2 2

1 3 5 
4. cos x <  ; x 5. tanx > 0 ; 0<x<
2 4 4 2

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6. tan2x –  
3  1 tan x + 3< 0 7. Sol v e the i nequal i ty , si n x cos 2x.

8. 5  2sin 6 sin x –1. SOLVING SYSTEM OF

TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS
3
Ex. cos x. cos y =
4
1
and sin x . sin y =
4

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Ex. cos (x + y) = 1 Ex. Find real values of x for which,

1 27cos 2x . 81sin 2x is minimum .
and cos (x + y) = Also find this minimum value.
2 [REE 2000, 3]

Ex. The number of integral values of k Ex. cos( – ) = 1 and cos( + ) =

for which the equation 1/e, where ,   [–, ], numbers
7cosx + 5sinx = 2k + 1 has a solution of pairs of ,  which satisfy both
is the equations is
(A) 4 (B) 8 [JEE 2005 (Screening)]
(C) 10 (D) 12 (A) 0 (B) 1
[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3] (C) 2 (D) 4

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Ex. If 0 <  < 2, then the intervals of
Ex. Let
values of  for which
2sin2 – 5sin + 2 > 0, is P = { : sin  – cos  = 2 cos }
and
    5  Q = { : sin  + cos  = 2 sin }
(A)  0,    , 2 
 6  6  be two sets. Then
  5  (A) P Q and Q – P Q
(B)  ,  (B) Q P
8 6  (C) P Q
     5  (D) P = Q
(C)  0,    ,  [JEE 2011]
 8 6 6 
 41 
(D)  , 
 48 

[JEE 2006, 3]

Ex. If 0  x  2, then the number of

Ex. For x (0, ), the equation
real values of x, which satisfy the
sin x + 2 sin 2x – sin 3x = 3 has :
equation
[JEE Adv. 2014]
cosx + cos2x + cos3x + cos4x = 0,
(A) infinitely many solutions
is
(B) three solutions
[JEE Main 2016]
(C) one solution
(A) 3 (B) 5
(D) no solution
(C) 7 (D) 9

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