APEEJAY SCHOOL, NOIDA

CLASS X, MATHEMATICS
ASSIGNMENT – INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY
SECTION A
1. If x cos A = 1 and tan A = y, then the value of x² - y² is
A) -1 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2
2. The value of 2 tan² 45 + cos² 30 – sin² 60 is
A) -2 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2
3. The value of cosec4A – 2 cosec² A + 1 is
A) sec4A B) cosec4 A C) tan4A D) cot4A
4. Choose the correct option (sec A + tan A) (1 – sin A)
a) cos A B) sec A C) sin A D) cosec A
5. Assertion: (cos4A - sin4A) is equal to 2cos²A – 1.
Reason: The value of cos θ decreases as θ increases.
6. Assertion: If x sin³θ + y cos³θ = sin θ cos θ and x sin θ = y cos θ, then x² + y² = 1
Reason: For any value of θ, sin²θ + cos²θ = 1
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
SECTION B
7. If A = 600 and B = 300, find the value of
(sin A cos B + cos A sin B )2 + (cos A cos B – sin A sin B )2
√3
8. If sin (A+ 2B) = and cos (A + 4B) = 0, find A and B.
2
2 tan 𝐴
9. In a right triangle ABC, right angled at B, the ratio of AB:AC is 1:√2. Find the value of 1−tan2 𝐴.

10. Find the value of 2(cos2 450 + tan2 600 ) − 6(sin2 450 − tan2 300 ).
11. Find the value of 𝜃 in each of the following:

(a) 2 sin2𝜃 = √3

(b) √3 tan2𝜃 – 3 = 0
12. In a right triangle PQR, right angled at Q, if tan P = 1, then verify 2 sin P cos P = 1
 SECTION C
13. Using the formula cos (A-B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B, find the value of cos 150
𝑐𝑜𝑠2 900 +4 𝑐𝑜𝑠2 450 +𝑡𝑎𝑛2 600 +3 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 600
14. Evaluate: 3 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 60𝑂 −7 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 450 +2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 300

1+2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600 1−2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600
15. Show that +
𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 +𝑐𝑜𝑠 600 𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600

16. Prove the following identities:

(a) 1+ (cot2θ - tan2θ) cos2θ = cot2θ
𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃
(b) (tan2θ - sin2θ) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 1
1+𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
(c) = (sec θ + tan θ )2
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃

17. Q4. If sin θ + cos θ = p and sec θ + cosec θ = q , show that q(p2 – 1) = 2p.
SECTION D
18. Aanya and her father went to meet her friend Juhi for a party. When they reached to [uhi’s place,
Aanya saw the roof of the house, which is triangular in shape. If the dimensions of the roof as given in the
figure, then answer the following questions.

(i) If D is the mid-point of AC, then find the length of BD.

ii) Find the measure of ∠A .
iii) Find the value of sinA + cosC.
OR
Find the value of tan2C + tan2 A.
19. Three friends – Anshu, Vijay, and Vishal are playing hide and seek in a park. Anshu and Vijay hide in
the shrubs and Vishal have to find both of them. If the positions of the three friends are at A, and B and C
respectively forms a right-angled triangle such that AB = 9 m, BC = 33√3 m, and ∠B = 90°, then answer
the following questions.

i) Find the length of AC.

ii) Find the measure of angle A.
iii) Find value of cos2A + sin2A
OR
Find value of cot 2C + cot2 A.
ASSIGNMENT – APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
SECTION A
1. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. If the height of the tower is doubled, then the angle
of elevation of its top will

(A) also get doubled (B) will get halved (C) will be less than 60 degree (D) None of
these

2. If the height of a tower and the distance of the point of observation from its foot, both, are increased by
10%, then the angle of elevation of its top

(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains unchanged (D) have no relation.

3. A ladder 15 metres long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of 30°
with the wall, then the height of the wall will be

(A) 7.5m (B) 7.7m (C) 8.5m (D) 8.8m

4. An observer 1.5 metres tall is 20.5 metres away from a tower 22 metres high. Determine the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower from the eye of the observer.

(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°

5. Assertion: If the length of shadow of a vertical pole is equal to its height, then the angle of elevation of
the sun is 45°.
Reason: According to Pythagoras theorem, h2 = l2 + b2, where h = hypotenuse, l = length and b = base

6. Assertion: In the figure, if BC = 20 m, then height AB is 11.56 m.

 𝐴𝐵
Reason: tanθ = 𝐵𝐶 = perpendicular/base, where θ is the angle ∠ACB.(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason
(R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.
SECTION B

7. The ratio of the height of a tower and length of its shadow on the ground is √3 : 1 what is the angle of
elevation of the sun ?

8. AB is a 6 m high pole and CD is a ladder inclined at an angle of 60° to the horizontal and reaches up to
a point D of pole. If AD = 2.54 m, find the length of the ladder. (use √3 = 1.73).

9. From the top of a 25 m high cliff, the angle of elevation of a tower is found to be equal to the angle of
depression of the foot of the tower. Find height of the tower.

10. The tops of two poles of height 16 m and 12 m are connected by a wire, the wire makes angle of 30°
with the horizontal, find length of wire.

SECTION C

11. A man on the top of a vertical tower observes a car moving at a uniform speed coming directly
towards it. If it takes 12 minutes for the angle of depression to change from 30° to 45°, how soon after
this will the car reach the tower?

12. A boy standing on a horizontal plane finds a bird flying at a distance of 100m from him at an
elevation of 30°. A girl standing on the roof of 20m high building, finds the angle of elevation of the same
bird to be 45°. Both the boy and the girl are on the opposite sides of the bird. Find the distance of bird
from the girl.

13. If the angle of elevation of the cloud from a point h metre above a lake is α and the angle of
h(tanβ+tanα)
depression of its reflection in the lake is β, prove that the height of the cloud is tanβ−tanα .

14. A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10m above water level, observes the angle of elevation
of the top of a hill as 60° and the angle of depression of the base of the hill as 30°. Find the distance of the
hill from the ship and height of the hill.
15.At the foot of a mountain the elevation of its summit is 45°, after ascending 1000m towards the
mountain up a slope of 30° inclination, the elevation is found to be 60°. Find the height of the
mountain.

SECTION D

16.Rohit is standing at the top of the building observes a car at an angle of 30°, which is approaching the
foot of the building at a uniform speed. Six seconds later, the angle of depression of the car formed to be
60°, whose distance at that instant from the building is 25 m.

I) Find the height of the building.

ii) Find the distance between two positions of the

car.

iii) Find the total time is taken by the car to reach the foot of the building from the starting point. OR
Find the distance of the observer from the car when it makes an angle of 60°.
17. There are two temples on each bank of a river. One temple is 50 m high. A man, who is standing on
the top of a 50 m high temple, observed from the top that the angle of depression of the top and foot of
other temples are 30° and 60° respectively.

i) Find the measure of ∠ADF.

ii) Find the measure of ∠ACB.

iii) Find the width of river.

OR
Find the height of the other temple.