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NCERT Solutions for Miscellaneous Exercise Chapter 3 Class 11 - trigonometric Functions

NCERT Solutions for Miscellaneous Exercise Chapter 3 Class 11 - trigonometric Functions

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NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 3: Trigonometric Functions Miscellaneous Exercise- Download Free PDF

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 3: Trigonometric Functions Miscellaneous Exercise- NCERT solutions for class 11 maths chapter 3 miscellaneous exercise has mainly a mixed type of questions which are asked in previous exercises. Class 11 maths chapter 3 miscellaneous exercise has proof related and value finding questions. Class 11 maths chapter 3 miscellaneous exercise is a good source for Boards as well as competitive examinations. Many concepts will be used simultaneously in a question. Hence it will cover the concepts holistically. Below provided is the NCERT book class 11 maths chapter 3 miscellaneous exercise solutions with other exercises. Students can refer to these for more practice in this chapter.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Maths Chapter 3 – Trigonometric Functions Miscellaneous Exercise

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Question:1 Prove that \small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}\cos\frac{9\pi }{13}+\cos\frac{3\pi }{13}+\cos\frac{5\pi }{13}=0

Answer:

We know that

cos A+ cos B = 2\cos(\frac{A+B}{2})\cos(\frac{A-B}{2})

we use this in our problem

\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}\cos\frac{9\pi }{13}+2\cos\frac{(\frac{3\pi }{13}+\frac{5\pi}{13})}{2}\cos\frac{(\frac{3\pi}{13}-\frac{5\pi }{13})}{2}

\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}\cos\frac{9\pi }{13}+2\cos\frac{4\pi }{13}\cos\frac{-\pi}{13} ( we know that cos(-x) = cos x )

\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}\cos\frac{9\pi }{13}+2\cos\frac{4\pi }{13}\cos\frac{\pi}{13}
\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}(\cos\frac{9\pi }{13}+\cos\frac{4\pi }{13})
again use the above identity

\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}(2\cos(\frac{\frac{9\pi }{13}+\frac{4\pi }{13}}{2})\cos(\frac{\frac{9\pi }{13}-\frac{4\pi }{13}}{2})
\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}2\cos\frac{\pi }{2}\cos\frac{5\pi }{26}
we know that

\small \cos\frac{\pi }{2} = 0
So,
\small 2\cos\frac{\pi }{13}2\cos\frac{\pi }{2}\cos\frac{5\pi }{26} = 0 = R.H.S.

Question:2 Prove that \small (\sin 3x + \sin x)\sin x + (\cos 3x - \cos x )\cos x = 0

Answer:

We know that
sin3x=3\sin x - 4\sin^{3}x
and
cos3x=4\cos^{3}x - 3\cos x
We use this in our problem
\small (\sin 3x + \sin x)\sin x + (\cos 3x - \cos x )\cos x
= (3\sin x - 4\sin^{3}x+ sin x) sinx + (4\cos^{3}x - 3\cos x- cos x)cos x
= (4sinx - 4 \small \sin^{3}x )sinx + (4 \small \cos^{3}x - 4cos x)cosx
now take the 4sinx common from 1st term and -4cosx from 2nd term
= 4 \small \sin^{2}x (1 - \small \sin^{2}x ) - 4 \small \cos^{2}x (1 - \small \cos^{2}x )
= 4 \small \sin^{2}x \small \cos^{2}x - 4 \small \cos^{2}x \small \sin^{2}x \small \because \ \ \ \cos^{2}x = 1 - \sin^2x\\ and\\ \sin^{2}x = 1 -\cos^{2}x
= 0 = R.H.S.

Question:3 Prove that \small (\cos x + \cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2} = 4 \cos^{2}\left ( \frac{x+y}{2} \right )

Answer:

We know that (a+b)^{2} = a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}
and
(a-b)^{2} = a^{2} - 2ab + b^{2}
We use these two in our problem

(\sin x-\sin y)^{2} = \sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y
and
(\cos x+\cos y)^{2} = \cos^{2}x + 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y

\small (\cos x + \cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2} = \cos^{2}x + 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y + \sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y
= 1 + 2cosxcosy + 1 - 2sinxsiny \left ( \because \sin^{2}x + \cos^{2}x = 1\ and \ \sin^{2}y + \cos^{2}y = 1 \right )
= 2 + 2(cosxcosy - sinxsiny)
= 2 + 2cos(x + y)
= 2(1 + cos(x + y) )
Now we can write
cos(x + y) =2cos^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2} - 1 \left ( \because \cos2x = 2cos^{2}x - 1 \ \Rightarrow \cos x = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} - 1\right )

= 2(1 + 2cos^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2} - 1)
=4cos^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2}

= R.H.S.

Question:4 Prove that \small (\cos x-\cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2} = 4\sin^{2}\left ( \frac{x-y}{2} \right )

Answer:

We know that (a+b)^{2} = a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}
and
(a-b)^{2} = a^{2} - 2ab + b^{2}
We use these two in our problem

(\sin x-\sin y)^{2} = \sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y
and
(\cos x-\cos y)^{2} = \cos^{2}x - 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y

\small (\cos x - \cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2} = \cos^{2}x - 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y + \sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y
= 1 - 2cosxcosy + 1 - 2sinxsiny \left ( \because \sin^{2}x + \cos^{2}x = 1\ and \ \sin^{2}y + \cos^{2}y = 1 \right )
= 2 - 2(cosxcosy + sinxsiny)
= 2 - 2cos(x - y) \small (\because \cos(x-y) =\cos x \cos y + \sin x \sin y)
= 2(1 - cos(x - y) )
Now we can write
cos(x + y) = 1 -2sin^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2} \left ( \because \cos2x = 1 - 2\sin^{2}x \ \Rightarrow \cos x = 1 - 2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} \right )

so

2(1 - cos(x - y) ) = 2(1 - ( 1 -2sin^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2}))

= 4sin^{2}\frac{(x - y)}{2} = R.H.S.

Question:5 Prove that \small \sin x + \sin 3x + \sin 5x + \sin 7x = 4\cos x\cos2x \sin4x

Answer:
we know that
sinA + sinB =2\sin\frac{A+B}{2}\cos\frac{A-B}{2}
We use this identity in our problem
If we notice we need sin4x in our final result so it is better if we made a combination of sin7x and sin x , sin3x and sin5x tp get sin4x

(sin7x + sinx) + (sin5x + sin3x) = 2\sin\frac{7x+x}{2}\cos\frac{7x-x}{2} +2\sin\frac{5x+3x}{2}\cos\frac{5x-3x}{2}
= 2\sin4x\cos3x + 2\sin4x\cos x
take 2sin4x common
= 2sin4x(cos3x + cosx)
Now,
We know that
cosA + cosB =2\cos\frac{A+B}{2}\cos\frac{A-B}{2}
We use this
cos3x + cosx =2\cos\frac{3x+x}{2}\cos\frac{3x-x}{2}
= 2\cos2x\cos x
= 2sin4x( 2\cos2x\cos x )
= 4cosxcos2xsin4x = R.H.S.

Question:6 Prove that \small \frac{(\sin 7x + \sin 5x) + (\sin9x + \sin 3x)}{(\cos7x + \cos5x) + (\cos9x + \cos3x)} = \tan6x

Answer:

We know that

sinA + sinB = 2\sin\frac{A+B}{2}\cos\frac{A-B}{2}
and
cosA + cosB =2\cos\frac{A+B}{2}\cos\frac{A-B}{2}

We use these two identities in our problem

sin7x + sin5x = 2\sin\frac{7x+5x}{2}\cos\frac{7x-5x}{2} = 2\sin6x\cos x

sin 9x + sin 3x = 2\sin\frac{9x+3x}{2}\cos\frac{9x-3x}{2} = 2\sin6x\cos 3x

cos 7x + cos5x = 2\cos\frac{7x+5x}{2}\cos\frac{7x-5x}{2} = 2\cos6x\cos x

cos 9x + cos3x = 2\cos\frac{9x+3x}{2}\cos\frac{9x-3x}{2} = 2\cos6x\cos 3x


\small \frac{(\sin 7x + \sin 5x) + (\sin9x + \sin 3x)}{(\cos7x + \cos5x) + (\cos9x + \cos3x)} = \small \frac{(2\sin 6x\cos x) + (2\sin6x \cos3x)}{(2\cos6x cos x) + (2\cos6x cos3x)}

= \small \frac{2\sin6x(\cos x + \cos3x)}{2\cos6x (cos x + cos3x)} = \tan6x = R.H.S. \small \left ( \because \frac{\sin x}{\cos x} = \tan x\right )

Question:7 Prove that \small \sin3x + \sin2x - \sin x = 4\sin x \cos\frac{x}{2}\cos\frac{3x}{2}

Answer:

We know that
cosA + cosB = 2\cos\frac{A+B}{2}\cos\frac{A-B}{2}
sinA - sinB = 2\cos\frac{A+B}{2}\sin\frac{A-B}{2}

we use these identities
sin3x - sinx = 2\cos\frac{3x+x}{2}\sin\frac{3x-x}{2}

= 2\cos2x\sin x

sin2x + 2\cos2x\sin x = 2sinx cosx + 2\cos2x\sin x
take 2 sinx common
2sinx ( cosx + cos2x) = 2sinx(2\cos\frac{2x+x}{2}\cos\frac{2x-x}{2})

= 2sinx(2\cos\frac{3x}{2}\cos\frac{x}{2})
= 4sinx\cos\frac{3x}{2}\cos\frac{x}{2}

= R.H.S.

Question:8 Find \small \sin\frac{x}{2} , \cos\frac{x}{2} , and \tan\frac{x}{2} in \small \tan x = - \frac{4}{3} , x in quadrant II

Answer:

tan x = -\frac{4}{3}
We know that ,
\sec^{2}x = 1 + \tan^{2}x
= 1 +\left ( -\frac{4}{3} \right )^{2}
= 1 + \frac{16}{9} = \frac{25}{9}
sec x = \sqrt{\frac{25}{9}} = \pm\frac{5}{3}
x lies in II quadrant thats why sec x is -ve
So,

sec x =-\frac{5}{3}
Now, cos x = \frac{1}{\sec x} = -\frac{3}{5}
We know that,
cos x = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2}- 1 ( \because \cos2x = 2\cos^{2}x - 1 \Rightarrow \cos x = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} - 1 )
-\frac{3}{5}+ 1 = 2 \cos^{2}\frac{x}{2}

= \frac{-3+5}{5} = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2}

\frac{2}{5} = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2}
\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{1}{5}
\cos\frac{x}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{5}} = \pm\frac{1}{\sqrt5}
x lies in II quadrant so value of \cos\frac{x}{2} is +ve

\cos\frac{x}{2} = \frac{1}{\sqrt5} = \frac{\sqrt5}{5}
we know that
cos x =1 - 2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2}

2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = 1 - (-\frac{3}{5}) = \frac{8}{5}

\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{4}{5}\\ \\=\sin\frac{x}{2} = \sqrt{ \frac{4}{5}} = \pm \frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}
x lies in II quadrant So value of sin x is +ve

\sin\frac{x}{2} = \frac{2}{\sqrt{}5} = \frac{2\sqrt5}{5}

\tan \frac{x}{2} = \frac{\sin\frac{x}{2}}{\cos\frac{x}{2}} = \frac{\frac{2\sqrt5}{5}}{\left ( \frac{\sqrt5}{5} \right )} = 2

Question:9 Find \small \sin\frac{x}{2} , \cos\frac{x}{2} , and \tan\frac{x}{2} in \small \cos x = -\frac{1}{3} , x in quadrant III

Answer:

\pi < x < \frac{3\pi}{2}\\ \\ \frac{\pi}{2} < \frac{x}{2} < \frac{3\pi}{4}

We know that
cos x = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} - 1
2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} = cos x + 1
= \left ( -\frac{1}{3} \right ) + 1 = \left ( \frac{-1+3}{3} \right ) = \frac{2}{3}

\cos\frac{x}{2} = \sqrt{ \frac{1}{3}} = \pm \frac{1}{\sqrt3}

\cos\frac{x}{2} = - \frac{1}{\sqrt3} = - \frac{\sqrt3}{3}
Now,
we know that
cos x = 1 - 2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2}
2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = 1 - \cos x
= 1 - \left ( -\frac{1}{3} \right ) = \frac{3+1}{3} = \frac{4}{3}

2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{4}{3} \\ \\ \sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{2}{3}\\ \sin\frac{x}{2} = \sqrt{ \frac{2}{3}} = \pm \sqrt{ \frac{2}{3}} = \frac{\sqrt6}{3}
Because \sin\frac{x}{2} is +ve in given quadrant

\tan\frac{x}{2} = \frac{\sin\frac{x}{2}}{\cos\frac{x}{2}} = \frac{\frac{\sqrt6}{3}}{\frac{-\sqrt3}{3}} = - \sqrt2

Question:10 Find \small \sin\frac{x}{2} , \cos\frac{x}{2} , and \tan\frac{x}{2} in \small \sin x = \frac{1}{4} ,x in quadrant II

Answer:

\frac{\pi}{2} < x < \pi\\ \\ \frac{\pi}{4} < \frac{x}{2} < \frac{\pi}{2} all functions are positive in this range
We know that
\cos^{2}x = 1 - \sin^{2}x
= 1 - \left ( \frac{1}{4} \right )^{2} = 1 - \frac{1}{16} = \frac{15}{16}

cos x = \sqrt\frac{15}{16} = \pm \frac{\sqrt15}{4} = - \frac{\sqrt15}{4} (cos x is -ve in II quadrant)

We know that
cosx = 2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} - 1
2\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \cos x + 1 = -\frac{\sqrt15}{4} + 1 = \frac{-\sqrt15+4}{4}

\cos^{2}\frac{x}{2} = \frac{-\sqrt15+4}{8}
\cos\frac{x}{2} = \pm \sqrt\frac{-\sqrt15+4}{8} = \frac{\sqrt{-\sqrt15+4}}{2\sqrt2} = \frac{\sqrt{8-2\sqrt15}}{4} (because all functions are posititve in given range)

similarly,
cos x = 1-2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2}
2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = 1 - \cos x\\ \\ 2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} = 1 -\left (\frac{-\sqrt15}{4} \right ) = \frac{4+\sqrt15}{4}
\sin\frac{x}{2} = \pm \sqrt\frac{\sqrt15+4}{8} = \frac{\sqrt{\sqrt15+4}}{2\sqrt2} = \frac{\sqrt{8+2\sqrt15}}{4} (because all functions are posititve in given range)
\tan\frac{x}{2} = \frac{\sin\frac{x}{2}}{\cos\frac{x}{2}} = \frac{\frac{\sqrt{8+2\sqrt15}}{4}}{\frac{\sqrt{8-2\sqrt15}}{4}} = \frac{{8+2\sqrt15}}{\sqrt{64 - 15\times4}} = \frac{{8+2\sqrt15}}{\sqrt{4}} = 4 + \sqrt15

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