Board Questions - Inverse Trig Functions

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QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS

CHAPTER 2 : INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS


PREPARED BY
M SRINIVASAN
PGT (MATHS)
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN
Revision, as the name suggests, means looking
back over previously learned information
ensuring that it is clear and fresh in the mind
5 Questions from board papers in selected
topic is presented at this video series
The steps in answers are supported by the
ideas used for getting the answer
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
−𝟏 𝟏
1. Find the principal value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏 − CBSE 2011
𝟐

𝟏
𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒚 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 −𝟏
− 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 −𝒙 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
𝟐
−𝟏
𝟏
𝒚 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟐
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
𝒚=− ∈ − ,
𝟔 𝟐 𝟐

−𝟏 𝟏 𝝅
Principal value of 𝒔𝒊𝒏 − = −
𝟐 𝟔
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
2. Using Principal values find the principal value of 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟑 − 𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 −𝟐
CBSE 2012
Let 𝒚 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟑 − 𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 −𝟐
𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 −𝒙 = 𝝅 − 𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 𝒙
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝟑 − 𝝅 − 𝒔𝒆𝒄−𝟏 𝟐
𝝅 𝝅
= − 𝝅 −
𝟑 𝟑
𝝅 𝟐𝝅 𝝅
= − =−
𝟑 𝟑 𝟑

−𝟏 −𝟏
𝝅
𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝟑 − 𝒔𝒆𝒄 −𝟐 = −
𝟑
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
𝝅 𝟏
3. E𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝒔𝒊𝒏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 − CBSE 2008,2011
𝟑 𝟐

𝝅 −𝟏
𝟏
𝒔𝒊𝒏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 −
𝟑 𝟐 𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 −𝒙 = −𝒔𝒊𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
𝝅 −𝟏
𝟏
= 𝒔𝒊𝒏 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟑 𝟐
𝝅 𝝅
= 𝒔𝒊𝒏 +
𝟑 𝟔
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
= 𝒔𝒊𝒏 + = 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟑 𝟔 𝟐
𝝅 −𝟏
𝟏
𝒔𝒊𝒏 − 𝒔𝒊𝒏 − =𝟏
𝟑 𝟐
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
−𝟏 𝟕𝝅
4. Find the principal value of 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏 CBSE 2013
𝟔
𝟕𝝅
𝒚= 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒕𝒂𝒏
𝟔
𝝅 𝝅
The range of principal value branch of tan−1 𝒙 is − ,
𝟐 𝟐

−𝟏
𝝅
𝒚 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝝅 +
𝟔
−𝟏
𝝅 𝝅 𝝅 𝝅
= 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒏 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒙 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒙 ∈ −
𝟔 𝟔 𝟐 𝟐

𝟕𝝅 𝝅
𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒕𝒂𝒏 =
𝟔 𝟔
QUESTIONS FROM BOARD PAPERS
−𝟏 −𝟏 𝟑
5. Solve the equation for 𝒙: 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒

−𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑 CBSE 2013,2014,2017
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒
Let 𝒚 = 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙
𝒙 𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐
⟹ 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒚 = 𝒙 𝒚

𝟏 𝟏
⟹ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒚 =
𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐
𝟏 𝟏
⟹ 𝒚= 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 𝒚 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏−𝟏 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔 −𝟏

𝟏+ 𝒙𝟐 𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐
−𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒
−𝟏 𝟑
Let 𝒛 = 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒
5
𝟑 4
⟹ 𝒄𝒐𝒕 𝒛 = z
𝟒
3
𝟒
⟹ 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒛 =
𝟓

−𝟏
𝟒 −𝟏
𝟑 −𝟏
𝟒
⟹ 𝒛 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒛 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟓 𝟒 𝟓
−𝟏 −𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑 −𝟏
𝟒
𝒚 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒛 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 𝟒 𝟓

−𝟏 −𝟏
𝟑
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒕
𝟒
−𝟏
𝟏 −𝟏
𝟒
⟹ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏
𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 𝟓
𝟏 𝟒
⟹ = ⟹ 𝟏𝟔 𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
𝟏 + 𝒙𝟐 𝟓

⟹ 𝟏𝟔𝒙𝟐 = 𝟗
𝟑
𝒙= ±
𝟒

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