Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Exercise – 1
                   1                                       3                                          2 
 (i)        sin1                       (ii)       cos1                        (iii)      cos ec 1  
                   2                                       2                                        
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                             3
                                                                
                                                             1
 (iv)               
            sec 1  2                    (v)        cos1   
                                                             2
                         1                                1         1                                            3  
 (i)        sin   sin1              (ii)       tan cos1  tan1                     (iii)      sin1 cos sin1         
                3         2                                 2        
                                                                               
                                                                             3                                           2  
                                                                                                                              
                       3                                       1                                          41 
 (i)        sin  cos 1                  (ii)       tan  cos 1                 (iii)      cos ec  sec 1    
                       5                                       3                                          5 
                                                                                                       
                           65                                   1                                   4         2
 (iv)       tan  cos ec 1                (v)        sin   cos 1               (vi)       cos  sin1  cos1 
                           63                           6       4                                   5         3
                                                 
 6.         Find the value of sec  tan  tan1     
                                               3  
 7.         Evaluate the following:
                      7                                      2                                      5 
 (i)        sin1  sin                   (ii)       tan1  tan                  (iii)      cos1  cos
                       6                                      3                                        4 
                        7 
 (iv)       sec 1  sec
                         4 
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9.          Find sin1  sin   ,cos 1  cos   , tan1  tan   and cot 1  cot   for    , 3 
                                                                                                   2    
10.         Find the value of each of the following:
(i)              
            cot tan1 a  cot 1 a                                        (ii)                                
                                                                                       sin sin1 x  cos 1 x , x  1
                      3         3            
(iii)       tan cos1    sin1    sec 1 3 
                       4
                                  4
                                                
                  3          8        77                                                    4          12          33
(i)         sin1    sin1    sin1                                  (ii)        cos1       cos 1     cos 1
                  5          17       85                                                    5          13          65
                   1                                                                       1          1          1 
(iii)       sin1           1
                        cot 3                                           (iv)        tan1    tan 1    tan 1   
                   5            4                                                          3          5          8 4
                                           1
12.         Solve cos  2 sin1 x          for x.
                                           3
                                                                
13.         Solve the equation: cot 1 x  tan1 3 
                                                                2
                   x 1           x 1                                                                     2
(i)         tan1         tan1                                      (ii)        sin1 x  sin1 2x 
                  x2            x2 4                                                                      3
                   1 x  1                                                                1            1  1   1  1 
(i)         tan1         tan 1 x,  x  0                            (ii)  3 tan1             tan    tan  
                   1 x  2                                                               2 3             x       3
                                                                                 2
                                    1        2x             1      1  1  y  
                                                                                      
16.         Find the value of tan  sin1           2          2 cos  1  y 2   , if x  y  1 .
                                     2       1 x                              
17.                                         
            Find the value of sin1 cos sin1 x               cos  sin cos x 
                                                                      1               1
Single Choice
                                3            1 
1.          The value of sin1        sin1     is equal to
                                2           2
                                   
                                                                                  5                            3
            (A) 75o                        (B) 105o                        (C)                            (D)
                                                                                  12                             5
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3.        Range of f  x   sin 1 x  tan 1 x  sec 1 x is
                3                          3                          3 
          (A)  ,                       (B)  ,                       (C)  ,                       (D) none of these
              4 4                          4 4                          4 4 
5.
                                      
          If cot tan1 sin cot 1 3   y, then
                    4                      2                                          2                            10
          (A) y                   (B) y                               (C) y                        (D) y 2 
                    5                       5                                          5                           11
                                  3          2 
6.        The value of tan  sin1    tan1    is
                                   5
                                              3 
               6                       7                                      5                              17
          (A)                     (B)                                   (C)                            (D)
              17                      16                                      7                               6
                                    2
8.        If sin1 x  sin1 y        , then cos1 x  cos 1 y c is equal to
                                    3
                2                                                   
          (A)                           (B)                     (C)                                    (D) 
                3                           3                         6
                                                      1
10.       If x  0 then value of tan1  x   tan1   is equal to
                                                     x
                                        
          (A)                    (B)                       (C) 0                                      (D) none of these
               2                         2
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14.       The equation sin1 x  cos1 x  cos1       has:
                                                  2 
                                                     
          (A) no solution                                (B) unique solution
          (C) infinite number of solutions               (D) none of these
                               1 
15.       If sin1 x  cot 1    , then x is equal to
                              2 2
                                        1                                        2                                 3
          (A) 0                    (B)                                  (C)                               (D)
                                         5                                        5                               2
                                                           3 
16.       The solution of the equation sin1  tan   sin1         0 is
                                                 4          x  6
                                                                 
          (A) x  2             (B) x  4              (C) x  4                                         (D) none of these
                n                           n
                       1
17.       If    cos
               i 1
                            i  0, then   
                                            i1
                                                  i   is equal to
18.       The set of values of ‘x’ for which the formula 2 sin1 x  sin 1 2x 1  x 2                           is true, is
                                                                             3     3                         1   1 
          (A)  1, 0                     (B) 0, 1                   (C)    ,                       (D)   ,   
                                                                             2   2                         2   2
                                            3
19.       If sin1 x  sin1 y  sin1 z      , then
                                            2
                                             9
          (A) x100  y100  z100       101            0               (B) x 22  y 42  z 62  x 220  y 420  z 620  0
                                       x  y101  z101
                                                                                x 2008  y 2008  z2008
          (C) x 50  y 25  z 5  0                                     (D)                   2008
                                                                                                          0
                                                                                         xyz 
20.       If  satisfies the inequation x 2  x  2  0 , then a value exists for
          (A) sin1             (B) cos1                (C) sec 1            (D) cos ec 1
                                 17 
21.       If 6 sin1  x 2  6x         , then
                                  2 
          (A) x  1                   (B) x  2                         (C) x  3                         (D) x  4
                                                               ANSWERS
                                                              Exercise – 1
                                                                                                               3
          1.          (i)                 (ii)                         (iii)                            (iv)
                           6                      6                                 3                              4
                          2
                      (v)
                          3
                                                  1                             
          2.          (i) 1                (ii)                         (iii)
                                                      3                         6
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    3.      (i)                                                                           (ii)
(iii)
                    4                                                      41                            63
    5.        (i)                  (ii) 2 2                       (iii)                          (iv)
                    5                                                      4                             16
          1 3 5                            64 5
    (v)                            (vi)
             8                               15
    6.        2
                                                                        3                             
    7.        (i)                 (ii)                          (iii)                          (iv)
                      6                     3                              4                             4
                                               3      5
                                    2,       2
                                                    0,
                                                         2
                                                           ;
    9.         sin1  sin    
                                 3  ,       5
                                                      3
                                               2
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                                                       3
                                           2  ,            2
                      cos1  cos                    2           ;
                                        
                                           2      2    3 
                                                   3        5
                                             2,     
                      tan1  tan                2         2 ;
                                            3,  5 
                                                           3
                                                   2
                                                    3
                         1                  ,          2
                      cot  cot                    2
                                        
                                           2, 2    3
                                                                                            1                          1
           10.       (i) 0                          (ii) 1                         (iii)                12.        
                                                                                       2 2                              3
                                                             1                    1
           13.       x=3                  14.       (i)                 (ii) x 
                                                             2                    2
                                1                                                 1  xy                           
           15.       (i) x               (ii) x  2                     16.                            17.
                                 3                                                 xy                             2
                                                     EXERCISE 1 – B
           1.        B                    2.        D                    3.        C                    4.        D
           5.        B                    6.        D                    7.        D                    8.        B
           9.        D                    10.       B                    11.       C                    12.       A
           13.       B                    14.       B                    15.       B                    16.       C
           17.       A                    18.       D                    19.       AB                   20.       CD
           21.       BD
                                                        Exercise – 2 (A)
1.         If X  cos ec tan1 coscot 1 sec sin1 a and Y  sec cot 1 sin tan1 cos ec cos 1 a;                                  where
            0  a  1 . Find the relation between X and Y. Express them in terms of ‘a’.
                                         x 1           
2.         If f  x   cos1 x  cos 1     3  3x 2  , then find the value of
                                          2 2          
                  2                                                            1
           (i) f                                                       (ii) f  
                 3                                                            3
                                     1          x                1
(i)        tan1 x    cot 1        sin1          cos1       when x  0 .
                                     x         1 x 2
                                                                1 x2
                             1                                  1 x2              x
(ii)       cos1 x  sec 1       sin1 1  x 2    tan1          cot 1        when 1  x  0
                             x                                    x              1 x2
4.         If a sin1 x  b cos 1 x  c, then find the value of a sin1 x  b cos1 x
(i) cos1 x  cos1 x 2 (ii) tan1 x  cot 1 x (iii) arc cot 2 x  5 arc cot x  6  0
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6.          Find the number of values of x satisfying the equation sin2 2cos1  tan x   1.                     
7.          Solve the following equation:
                  x         x
            sec 1  sec 1  sec 1 b  sec 1 a; b  1,a  b .
                  a         b
                                                          3               3                                         1
8.          Prove that the equation, sin1 x               cos x 
                                                                    1
                                                                                3 has no roots for  
                                                                                                                   32
                                                                                                                      .
                         1                1                 1                  1
(i)         tan1      2
                                tan1 2          tan1 2          tan1 2          to n terms.
                      x  x 1        x  3x  3        x  5x  7        x  7x  13
                      1        2                   2n1
(ii)        tan1        tan1  .....  tan1            .......
                      3        9                1  22n1
                      1              2 1                       n  n1
(iii)       sin1           sin1           .......  sin1                  .......
                       2              6                         n  n  1
10. (i) Find all positive integral solutions of the equation, tan1 x  cot 1 y  tan1 3 .
                                                           2
                            1 x               1  1  x 
11.         If   2 tan1        and    sin          2 
                                                               for 0  x  1, then prove that      . What the
                            1 x                   1 x 
            value of    will be if x  1 ?
12.         If cos1 x  cos1 y  cos1 z  , where 1  x, y,z  1, then find the value of
            x 2  y 2  z 2  2xyz
Single Choice
                 1                 1        
1.          tan   cos 1 x   tan   cos1 x  , x  0 is equal to
                4 2                4 2        
                                                               2                                               x
            (A) x                  (B) 2x                 (C)                                            (D)
                                                               x                                               2
                                                                                                          
2.
                                                                              
            The value of sin1 cos cos 1  cos x   sin1  sin x   , where x   ,
                                                                                     2
                                                                                                            is:
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                             
            (A)                             (B)                           (C)                           (D) 
                  2                                 4                                4                          2
                           1 x2  1
3.          If tan1                  4o , then:
                              x
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                                                                                     1
          (A) x  tan 2o                 (B) x  tan 4o                 (C) x  tan                  (D) x  tan 8o
                                                                                    4
                               1  sin x  1  sin x  
4.        The value of cot 1                            ,  x  , is
                                1  sin x  1  sin x  2
                  x                      x                      x                                                  x
          (A)                    (B)                      (C)                                       (D) 2 
                  2                     2 2                      2                                                  2
5.        The number of solution (s) of the equation, sin1 x  cos1 1  x   sin1  x  , is/are
          (A) 0                (B) 1                   (C) 2                      (D) more than 2
                                                        1 x 
6.        The smallest and the largest values of tan1        ,0  x  1 are
                                                        1 x 
                                                                                                           
          (A) 0,               (B) 0,                 (C)  ,                                         (D)    ,
                                       4                      4 4                                            4 2
                      n 
7.        If cot 1     ,n  N, then the maximum value of ‘n’ is:
                       6
          (A) 1                    (B) 5               (C) 9                                           (D) none of these
                                                                                   2
8.        The complete solution set of the inequality cot 1 x   6 cot 1 x   9  0 , where . denotes
          greatest integer function, is
          (A)  , cot 3       (B) cot 3, cot 2    (C) cot 3,                  (D) none of these
            1 1  3 sin 2  
9.        If  sin                 , then tan  is equal to
            2      5  4 cos 2  4
              1
          (A)                    (B) 3                 (C) 1                                           (D) –1
              3
                                             Multiple Choice
                           1            14   
10.       The value of cos  cos1 cos         is:
                           2            5 
                   7                                        2                                            3 
          (A) cos           (B) sin                 (C) cos                                     (D)  cos  
                   5                  10                      5                                             5 
                                          1  x2
12.       If 0  x  1, then tan1               is equal to:
                                          1 x
                1                                   1 x                               1 x                  1       1 x
          (A)     cos 1 x               (B) cos1                      (C) sin1                      (D)     tan1
                2                                     2                                 2                    2       1 x
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13.       If cos1 x  tan x, then
                      5  1                                                      5  1
          (A) x 2                                                     (B) x 2  
                      2                                                         2 
                                                                                      
                                  5  1                                                       5  1
          (C) sin  cos 1 x                                         (D) tan  cos 1 x   
                                  2                                                          2 
                                                                                                   
                         
                                   1       4n
14.       The sum       tan
                        n 1            n  2n2  2
                                         4
                                                    is equal to:
                                                                                        
          (A) tan1 2  tan1 3                         (B) 4 tan1 1             (C)
                                                                                        2
                                                                                                       (D) sec 1  2         
                                                               EXERCISE 3
3 – B (ASSERTION/REASONING)
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4.                                                       
         Statement – 1 : tan2 sec 1 2  cot 2 cos ec 13  11           
         Statement – 2 : tan   sec   1  cot   cos ec 2 
                                    2           2              2
                                                a          b 
5.       Statement – 1 : If a  0, b  0, tan1    tan 1     x  ab
                                                x          x 2
                                                          m        nm 
         Statement – 2 : If m,n  N , n  m , then tan1    tan1      .
                                                           n       n m 4
         (A) statement – 1 is correct and statement – 2 is correct and statement – 2 is correct
         explanation of statement – 1
         (B) statement – 2 and statement – 2 both are correct but statement – 2 is not correct
         explanation of statement – 1
         (C) statement – 1 is false but statement – 2 is true
         (D) statement – 1 is true but statement – 2 is false
6.       Comprehension
         The domain and range or inverse circular functions are defined as follows
                                Domain                                 Rang
         sin1 x                 
                                  1, 1                                  3 
                                                                       2 , 2 
                                                                              
             1
         cos x                   1, 1                               0,
         tan1 x                            R                                                      3 
                                                                                                  2, 2 
                                                                                                        
         cot 1 x                           R                                                     0, 
         cos ec 1x                           ,  1  1,                                    3 
                                                                                                  2 . 2   
                                                                                                        
         sec 1 x                             ,  1  1,                                              
                                                                                                 0,    2 
                                                                                                            
                 3
1.       sin1 x     then solution set of x is
                   4
              1                                                           1        
         (A)    , 1                                                  (B)     ,  1
              2                                                             2      
              1      1 
         (C)      ,                                                 (D) none of these
              2       2
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7.        Comprehension
                                       3                                   3      
                            ,  2 2                           ,  2    2
                                                                 
             1                                    1                            
          tan  tan            ,     , , sin  sin           ,  
                                        2        2                            2     2
                                              3                                 3
                              ,    2
                                          
                                                 2                  , 2  2
                                                                 
                                  ,     0
             1            
          cos  cos             , 0
                            2   ,     2 
                           
          Based on the above results, answer each of the following:
                                                             3D (True/False)
8.        The value of the expression
                1                                                        
                2       
                                                                            
          tan1  tan 2a   tan 1  cot A   tan 1 cot 3 A for 0  A    is independent of A.
                                                                           4
             2n                           2n             n  n  1
10.       If  sin1 xi  n, then      x       i   
            i 1                          i 1               2
                                2x 
11.       If x  1, then sin1      2 
                                            2 tan1 x
                                1 x 
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                           cos1 sin  x  
                                                                      7 
13.       If f  x   e              3
                                               , then the value of f    is ________
                                                                      4 
                             3           12 
14.       The value of sin1    cos 1   in terms of arc sin is _______
                             5           13 
                                 x           x 1          1
15.       The solution of sin1       sin1       sin1      is _____
                               1 x          x 1         1 x
16.       The number of real solutions of equaiton 1  cos 2x  2 sin1  sin x  ,    x   , is ______
ANSWERS
EXERCISE – 2 (A)
                                                                                              1 
          1.         X  Y  3  a2                      2.                 (i)     (ii) 2cos1 
                                                                                  3            3 3
                     ab  c  a  b 
          4.                                             5.                 (i)  1, 0  (ii) x  1 (iii)  , cot 3    cot 2,  
                          ab
          6.        Infinite                             7.                 x  ab
                                                                       
          9.        (i) tan1  x  n   tan1 x (ii)            (iii)
                                                                4       2
          10.       (i) Two solutions 1,2  2,7                          11.                       12.       1
EXERCISE 2 – B
          1.        C                             2.     D                  3.       D                  4.        B
          5.        B                             6.     B                  7.       B                  8.        A
          9.        B                             10.    BCD                11.      CD                 12.       ABC
          13.       AC                            14.    AD
EXERCISE 3
          1.        A P                          B Q                      C R                        DS
          2.        A Q                          B P                      C Q                        DR
          3.        A                             4.     D                  5.       B                  6.1       A
          6.2       C                             6.3    B                  7.1      D                  7.2       C
          7.3       D                             8.     True               9.       False              10.       False
                                                                                                                         16 
          11.       False                         12.                      13.       e/12             14.       sin1     
                                                                                                                         65 
          15.        x0                          16.    2
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