Mathematics IA

Practice Questions :

LAQs:
A B C A  B  C
1. In triangle ABC, Prove that cos  cos  cos  4cos cos cos
2 2 2 4 4 4
2. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, then prove that
A B C
cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4cos cos sin .
2 2 2
3. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, then prove that
A B C   A   B  C
sin  sin  sin  1  4sin sin sin .
2 2 2 4 4 4
4. If A  B  C  2S , prove that
SA SB C
cos  S  A  cos  S  B   cos C  1  4cos cos cos .
2 2 2
5. If A, B, C are angles in a triangle, then prove that
sin 2 A  sin 2B  sin 2C  4cos Asin B cos C
6. If A  B  C  180 then show that
o

cos2 A  cos2B  cos2C  4cos Acos B cos C  1

SAQs:
Tan  sec  1 1  sin 
1. Prove that 
Tan  sec  1 cos 
   3  7  9  1
2. Prove that 1  cos 1  cos 1  cos 1  cos   .
 10  10  10  10  16
sin16 A
3. If A is not an integral multiple of  , prove that A.cos 2 A.cos 4 A.cos8 A 
16sin A
2 4 8 16 1
and hence deduce that cos .cos .cos .cos 
15 15 15 15 16
4. Prove that tan 70  tan 20  2 tan 50

5. If A is not an integral multiple of , prove that
2
i) tan A  cot A  2cos ec2 A and ii) cot A  tan A  2cot 2 A
6. For A  R , Prove that
1
sin A.sin(60  A)sin(60  A)  sin 3 A and hence deduce that
4
3
sin 20 sin 40 sin 60 sin 80 
16
 3 5 7 3
cos 4  cos 4  cos 4  cos 4 
7. prove that 8 8 8 8 2
   2  2  3  2  9 
8. show that cos 2    cos 2    cos    cos    2
 10   5   5   5 

9. If A is not integral multiple of then prove that tan A  cot A  2cos ec2 A
2
VSAQs:

1. If cos   sin   2 cos  , prove that cos  sin   2 sin 

2. If 3sin   4cos  5 , then find the value of 4sin   3cos 
 3 5 7 9
3. Prove that cot .cot .cot .cot .cot 1
20 20 20 20 20
4. Find the period of the following functions
i) f ( x)  tan 5x
 4x  9 
ii) f ( x)  cos  
 5 
iii) f ( x)  tan( x  4 x  9 x  ....  n2 x) (n is any positive integer)
5. Find the maximum and minimum values of the following functions over R.
   
i) cos  x    2 2 sin  x    3
 3  3
ii) f ( x)  13cos x  3 3 sin x  4
iii) f ( x)  3sin x  4cos x
iv) f ( x)  7cos x  24sin x  5
6. Find the value of
o o
1 1
i) sin 82  sin 2 22
2

2 2
o o
1 1
ii) cos 2 112  sin 2 52
2 2
1 3
7. Prove that  4
sin10 cos10
tan 610o  tan 700o 1  p 2
8. i) If tan 20  p , then prove that
o

tan 560o  tan 470o 1  p 2
Tan160o  Tan10o 1 2
ii) If Tan20   , then show that 
o

1  Tan160o Tan110o 2
9. Find a cosine function whose period is 7.
cos 9o  sin 9o
10. Prove that  cot 36o
cos 9  sin 9
o o

 
11. If 0    , show that 2  2  2  2cos 4  2cos
8 2
 Mathematics IB
Practice Questions :

LAQs:

1. Find the circumcentre of the triangle with the vertices (-2, 3), (2, -1) and (4, 0).
2. Find the circumcentre of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 3), (0, -2) and (-3, 1).
3. Find the orthocentre of the triangle with the vertices (-2, -1), (6, -1) and (2, 5).
4. Find the orthocentre of the triangle with the vertices (-5, -7), (13, 2) and (-5, 6).
5. Find the circumcenter of the triangle whose vertices are (1, 3), (-3, 5) and (5, 1).
6. Find the orthocentre of the triangle with the vertices (5, -2) (-1, 2) and (1, 4)
7. If p and q are the lengths of the perpendiculars from the origin to the straight
lines x sec  y cos ec  a and x cos   y sin   a cos 2 , prove that
4 p2  q2  a2
8. Find the values of k, if the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of
the curve 2 x2  2 xy  3 y 2  2 x  y  1  0 and the line x  2 y  k are mutually
perpendicular.
9. Find the angle between the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection
of the curve x2  2 xy  y 2  2 x  2 y  5  0 and 3x  y  1  0.
10. Show that the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of the curve
x2  xy  y 2  3x  3 y  2  0 and the line x  y  2  0 are mutually
perpendicular.
11. Find the condition for the lines joining the origin to the points of intersection of
the circle x 2  y 2  a 2 and the line lx  my  1 to coincide.
12. Find the condition for the chord lx  my  1  0 of the circle x 2  y 2  a 2 (whose
center is the origin) to subtend a right angle at the origin.
13. Let the equation ax2  2hxy  by 2  0 represents a pair of straight lines. Then the
ab
angle θ between the lines is given by cos   .
( a  b ) 2  4h 2
14. Show that the product of the perpendicular distances from a point (∝, β) to the
a 2  2h  b 2
pair of straight lines ax  2hxy  by  0 is
2 2

( a  b) 2  4 h 2
15. Show that the area of the triangle formed by the lines ax2  2hxy  by 2  0 and

n 2 h 2  ab
lx  my  n  0 is sq. units.
am2  2hlm  bl 2
16. If the equation S  ax2  2hxy  by 2  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 represents a pair of
parallel straight lines, then show that (i)h2  ab , (ii)af 2  bg 2 and (iii) the

g 2  ac f 2  bc
distance between the parallel lines is 2 2 .
a ( a  b) b( a  b)
17. Show that the lines represented by (lx  my)2  3(mx  ly)2  0 and
n2
lx  my  n  0 forms an equilateral triangle with area square units.
3(l 2  m2 )
18. Show that the product of the perpendicular distances from the origin to the
pair of straight lines represented by ax  2hxy  by  2 gx  2 fy  c  0 is
2 2

c
( a  b) 2  4h 2

VSAQs:

1. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the origin and also though
the point of intersection of lines 2 x  y  5  0 and x  y  1  0
2. Find the equation of the straight lien parallel to the line 3x  4 y  7 and passing
through the point of intersection of the lines x  2 y  3  0 and x  3 y  6  0
3. Find the equation of the straight line perpendicular to the line 2 x  3 y  0 and
passing through the point of intersection of the lines
x  3 y  1  0 and x  2 y  4  0
4. Find the equation of the straight line making non-zero equal intercepts on the
coordinate axes and passing through the point of intersection of the lines
2 x  5 y  1  0 and x  3 y  4  0