Trigonometric S
Trigonometric S
3 4x2 y 2
1. Given that cos x , calculate tan x . B.
5 (x 2 y 2 )2
3 (x 2 y 2 )2
A. C.
4 4x2 y 2
4
B. x2 y 2
5 D.
x2 y2
C. 1 13
3
D. 1 23 6. If sin ,find tan
5
3 3
2. In a right angled triangle, tan . What is the A.
4 4
value of sin cos . 4
2 B.
A. 3
5 3
7 C.
B. 5
5 5
3 D.
C. 3
5
1 4 sin 3 cos
D. 7. If 4 tan 3 , find the value of
7 4 sin 3 cos
6
3. Given that tan , find the value of A. 30
13 B. 0
1 cos , assuming that is acute. C. 60
A. 1 17 D. 45
b
7 13 8. If tan A , where a and b are real numbers, find
B. a
7 the value of sin 2 A .
13 6 a2 b2
C. A.
13 b2
D. 1 13 b2
B.
15 a2 b2
4. Given that sin , where is acute. Find tan .
17 a2 b2
C.
17 a2 b2
A.
15 2ab
D.
8 a 2 b2
B.
17
8 5
C. 9. If tan where is an acute angle, evaluate
15 12
15 cos
D. .
8 sin cos
2 xy 17
5. If tan , express 1 cos 2 in terms of x A.
x2 y2 13
and y. 13
B.
x2 y2 17
A.
x2 y 2 12
C.
17
11 a
D. 14. If cos , find 1 tan 2 .
17 b
a b2
10. If sin x 0 what is sin(90 x ) 0 ? A.
b a2
a a2
A. B.
b b2
a (a 2 b 2 )
B. 1 C.
b (a 2 b 2 )
b a
2 2
(2a 2 b 2 )
C. D.
b (a 2 b 2 )
a2 b2
D.
b 4
15. If tan , find sin 2 cos 2 .
E. b a
2 2 3
7
A.
8 25
11. If cot , where is acute find sin . 9
15 B.
16 25
A. 16
17 C.
13 25
B. 24
15 D.
8 25
C. 5
17 16. If tan , find sin 2 cos 2 .
15 4
D. 41
17 A.
9
3 9
12. In a right angled triangle, if tan , what is B.
4 41
cos sin ? C. 1
2 5
A. D.
5 4
17. The lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle are
3
B. xcm , (3 x 1) cm and (3 x 1) cm . Find x.
5 A. 12
1 B. 13
C.
5 C. 10
4 D. 11
D.
5
18. A ladder resting on a vertical wall makes an angle
x 1 whose tangent is 2.4 with the ground. If the distance
13. If sin and 0 0 90 0 then find .
y tan between the foot of the ladder and the wall is 50 cm,
x what is the length of the ladder?
A. A. 1m
y x2
2
B. 1.1m
y C. 1.2m
B. D. 9m
x
E. 1.3m
y2 x2 19. The tip of a 75m long ladder is made to rest against
C. the top of a vertical wall. If the foot of the ladder is
x
21m away from the wall, how high is the wall?
y x2
2
A. 24 m
D.
y2 x2 B. 48 m
C. 60 m
x2 y2 D. 72 m
E. 20. A stone Q is tied to a point P vertically above Q by
y
an inelastic string of length 2 metres. How high does
the stone rise when the string is inclined at an angle 6 2
600 to the vertical? D.
A. It does not rise 4
tan 60 0 tan 30 0
B. 2 3 metres 27. Find the value of .
tan 60 0 tan 30 0
C. 3 metres
D. 1 metres 4
A.
E. 3 metres 3
21. A room is 12m long, 9m wide and 8 m high. Find the 2
B.
cosine of the angle which the diagonal of the room 3
makes with the floor of the room. C. 1
15 1
A. D.
17 2
8 28. Find the value of sin 45 0 cos 30 0
B.
17 2 6
8 A.
C. 4
15
2 3
12 B.
D. 4
17
22. A surveyor walks 500m up a hill which slopes at an 2 3
C.
angle 300. Calculate the vertical height through which 2
he rises. 2 3
A. 250 m D.
2
500 3 a 1 1 a
B. m 29. Given that sin and cos , find
3 x x
C. 250 2m tan
A. 2450
D. 250 3m B. 450
cos 60 0 sin 30 0 C. 3250
23. Evaluate D. 1350
sin 1500
A. 2
1 30. What is the value of cos( 840 )
B.
2 3
A.
C. –2 2
1 1
D. B.
2 2
tan 45 cos 60
0 0
1
24. Evaluate . C.
sin 150 0 2
A. –3 3
B. 3 D.
2
C. ( 2 1) 31. What is the value of sin( 240 0 ) ?
D. 2 1 1
A.
25. Find the value of y if sin(90 0 y) cos 44.5 0 . 2
A. 44.50 3
B. 55.50 B.
2
C. 50.50
D. 30.50 3
C.
26. Evaluate cos 315 0 cos 30 0 sin 225 0 sin 30 0 2
2 6 1
A. D.
4 2
6 2 2 tan 3
32. Given that tan 2 . If tan 30
0
B. ,
4 1 tan 2 3
find the value of tan 15 in surd form.
0
6 2
C. A. 2 3
4
B. 2 3 E. 5400
60. In triangle XYZ, <XYZ = 300, <XZY = 450 and XY sin 2 x sin 2 x
= 7 cm. Find YZ. 67. Show that is
1 cos x 1 cos x
A. 7 2 cm A. sin x
B. 7cm B. cos 2 x
C. 14 2cm C. sin 2 x
D. 1
D. 12 6cm
E. 2
61. Find the area of an equilateral triangle each of whose
sides is 10cm. 68. Without using tables, calculate the value of
A. 45 3cm2 1 sec 2 30 0 .
B. 15 3cm 2 A. 2 13
B. 2
C. 10 3cm 2
C. 1 13
D. 25 3cm2 3
D.
4
62. PQR is a triangle in which PQ = 10 cm and <QPR = 3
600. S is a point equidistant from P and Q. Also S is a E.
point equidistant from PQ and PR. If U is the foot of 7
the perpendicular from S on PR, find the length SU in m2 n2
69. If tan , find sec .
cm to one decimal place. 2 mn
A. 2.7
(m 2 n 2 )
B. 2.9 A.
C. 3.1 (m 2 n 2 )
D. 3.3 (m 2 n 2 )
B.
2mn
1 1
63. If tan and tan , how large is . mn
3 2 C.
2( m 2 n 2 )
A. 300
B. 450 m2n2
C. 900 D.
(m 2 n 2 )
D. 1500
x m
70. If cos 2 , find cos ec . 75. Given that is an acute angle and sin , find
y n
(x 2 y 2 ) cot .
A.
y n2 m2
A.
x m
B.
y (n m)(n m)
B.
x y2 2 m
C. m
y C.
y n2 m2
D.
x n
D.
n m2
2
1
71. If cos 2 sin 2 , find tan .
8
76. For what value of x does 6 sin(2 x 15) attains its
0
A. 3
maximum value in the range 0 x 180 ?
0 0
3 7
B. A. 12 12
7
B. 32 12
C. 3 7
C. 52 12
D. 7
12 D. 147 12
72. If cos , find 1 cot .
2
13
169 77. A cliff on the bank of a river is 300m high . If the
A. angle of depression of a point on the opposite side of
25
the river is 60 0 , find the width of the river.
25
B.
169
3
78. If cos 30 sin 60
0 0
169 and
C. 2
144
144 1 tan 600 1
D. sin 300 cos 600 , evaluate .
169 2 1 tan 300
A. 32
73. Simplify cos 2 x(sec 2 x sec 2 x tan 2 x) .
B. 2 3
A. tan x
B. tan x sec x C. 3
C. sec x 2
D. 2
D. cos ec 2 x
1
79. If sin x , 0 x 90 ,calculate the value of
0 0
a 3
74. If cos x , find cos ecx . cos x .
b
b 1
A. A.
ba 8
b 2
B. B.
a 5
b 2
C. C.
ba 3
ba 2 2
D. D.
b 3
1
80. Given that cos x , express tan x in terms of r.
r
1 5
85. If tan x and 0 x 90 , find the value of
0 0
A.
r 13
(cos x tan x) .
B. r
7
C. r 2 1 A.
13
D. r 2 1
12
81. Find the value of x if. 2 cos(90 x) 3 B.
13
A. 00
B. 300 79
C.
C. 600 156
D. 590
209
D.
82. Given that m 60 and p 30 , evaluate
0 0 156
2 cos m sin p
. 3
86. If sin x and 0 x 90 , calculate the value of
0 0
cos p
5
A. 1 3 1 tan x
.
B. 3 1 tan x
C. 1 2 3 A. 9
D. 3 3 B. 7
7
C.
8 10
83. If tan y and 0 y 90 , find the value of
0 0
15 19
D.
cos y . 25
15
A. 3
17 87. If sin x and x is acute, find the value of cos x .
5
13
B. 4
15 A.
3
13 4
C. B.
17 5
7 3
D. C.
15 4
3
3 D.
84. If tan x and 0 x 90 , find the value of
0 0 5
4
cos x 88. If cos x sin 39 , 0 x 90 find x.
0 0
. A. 390
2 sin x
B. 510
8 C. 610
A.
3 D. 780
3
89. If cos x and cos 60 x 0.5 , find, correct to
0
B.
2 the nearest degree, the value of .
4 A. 660
C.
3 B. 670
C. 680
2 D. 900
D.
3
2 sin 300 cos600 1 3
90. Evaluate . B.
tan 600 3
3 1 3
A. C.
2 3
B. 3 2 3
D.
C. 4 3 3
D. 6 2
1
95. If tan x , where 0 x 90 , express cos x in
0 0
3 a
91. If sin x and 0 x 90 , find the value of
0 0
term of a.
5
a
tan x . A.
a2 1
A.
5 1 a2
B.
3 a 2 1
4 1
B. C.
3
a2 1
4
C. a 2 1
5 D.
a 2 1
3
D. 96. Given cos 2x sin x 0 that and 0 x 90 ,
0 0
4
find the value of x.
A. 900
2 B. 600
92. If tan x and 0 x 90 , find the value of
0 0
3 C. 450
D. 300
2 sin x .
2 13 1
A. 97. If cos x and 0 x 90 , evaluate
0 0
13 2
3 13
B. 2 tan x 2 sin x .
13
A. 3
4 13 2
C.
13 B. 2
2
6 13 C. 2
D.
13 2
D. 1
2
93. If cos p 0.8 , evaluate 20 tan psin p .
A. 6
B. 9 ANSWERS
C. 12 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.C 11.D
D. 18 12.C 13.C 14.A 15.A 16.B 17.A 18.E 19.A 20.D
21.A 22.A 23.A 24.B 25.A 26.B 27.D 28.D 29.D
30.B 31.B 32.A 33.C 34.B 35.E 36.A 37.D 38.E
3 1 39.C 40.E 41.A 42.C 43.A 44.D 45.D 46.A 47.B
94. Given that sin 60 and cos 60
0 0
,
2 2 48.A 49.A 50.C 51.A 52.A 53.A 54.E 55.B 56.C
57.D 58.C 59.B 60.A 61.D 62.B 63. 64. 65. 66. 67.
1 sin 600 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
evaluate .
1 cos 600 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90 91 92 93
94 95 96 97 98 99 100
2 3
A.
3