Board Questions - Inverse Trig Functions
Board Questions - Inverse Trig Functions
Board Questions - Inverse Trig Functions
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