Trigonometric Identities - Worksheet 

Lesson: ​Trigonometry 

1) Determine the value of tan75° . 

 
a. √3/2  
b. (√6 + √2)/4  
c. √3 + 2  
d. 1 + √3  
 
2) Determine the value of cos165° . 
 
a. − (√2 + √3)/4  
b. (√2 + √3)/4  
c. − (√2 + √6)/4  
d. √2/2  
 
3) Determine the value of csc(π/12) by first deriving the value of sin(π/12) . 
 
a. √3 + √2  
b. √6 + √2  
c. √6 − √2  
d. √3 + 2√2  
 
4) Which of the following is equivalent to sin60° ? 
 
a. sec60°  
b. tan60°cos30°  
c. tan30°cos60°  
d. None of the above.  
 
5) What is the reciprocal function of cosine? 
 
a. Secant 
b. Cosecant 
c. Cotangent 
d. Sine 
 6) If sin(x) is equal to 3/5 and π/2 < x < π , determine the value of sec(x) . 
 
a. 4/3  
b. − 3/4  
c. − 5/4  
d. 5/3  
 
7) Determine the value of sin2x if sinx − cosx = 1/5 and 0 < x < (π/2) . 
 
a. 24/25
b. 49/50
c. 56/169
d. 69/169  
 
8) Determine the value of cos8x if sinx = √2/2 and 270 < x < 360 . 
 
a. 0 
b. √2/2  
c. − 1 
d. 1 
 
9) Which of the following identities hold for any angle x? 
 
a. sin2 x + sec2 x + cos2 x = 1 + csc2 x  
b. sin2 x + cos2 x + tan2 x = sec2 x  
c. tan2 x − 1 = cot2 x  
d. sec2 x − cos2 x = cot2 x  
 
10) Determine an expression for sin(3x) . 
 
a. 4sinx + 3sin3 x  
b. 3sinx − 4sin3 x  
c. 4sin3 x − 3sinx  
d. 3sin3 x + 4sinx  
 
 
11) Which  of  the  following  is  an  equivalent  expression  to  the  expression 
sin(3x)cos(2x) − cos(3x)sin(2x) ? 
 
a. cos(x) c. sin(x)  
b. cot(2x) d. sin(2x)  
 
12) Let sin(x) = cos(y) = 4/5 , where 0 < x, y < (π/2) . Determine the value of cos(x + y ) . 
 
a. − 3/4  
b. − 3/5  
c. 4/5  
d. 0 
 
13) Which of the following expresses tan2A in terms of tanA? 
 
a. 2tanA/(1 + tanA)  
b. 2tanA/(1 − tan2 A)  
c. 2tanA/(1 − tanA)  
d. 2(1 − tanA)/tanA  
 
14) Which of the following identities hold for any angle y? 
 
a. cos(2y) = sin2 y − cos2 y  
b. sin(2y) = [2sin(y)](√1 − cos2 y ) Sin2y = 2siny(sqrt(1- cos^2y)) 
c. cot2 y − csc2 y = (− 1)  
d. sec2 y + sin2 y = 1  
 
15) Which  of  the  following  quadrants  could  x  belong  to  if  cos(2x) =− ¼   and 
sin(2x) = √15/4 ? Note that x can exceed 2π radians. 
 
a. I or II 
b. I or III  
c. II or III 
d. It can be in any of the four quadrants. 
 
 
 
16) Lil  Tay  is  the  youngest  flexer  of  the  century.  When  asked  what angle her pose on 
Instagram  makes  with  the  ground,  she  couldn’t  answer  directly.  Being  the  genius 
she  is,  she  notes  that  the  angle  is  y,  where  sin(y) = √3/2   and  y   is  in  the  first 
 quadrant.  Determine  the  absolute  value  of  tan(y) ,  the  slope  of  her  pose  with 
respect to the ground. 
 
a. √3  
b. √3/3  
c. √2  
d. √39/5  
  
17) Joshua  loves  eating  broccoli.  He  once  entered  a  broccoli  coma  after  eating  too 
much.  Soon  after,  he  began  stating  random values for  cot(x)  and  csc(x) . If Joshua 
thinks  straight  even  when  dazed,  which  of  the  values  couldn’t  have  been 
mentioned by him? 
 
a. cot(x) = √2/3, csc(x) = √11/3  
b. cot(x) = √7/4, csc(x) = √23/4  
c. cot(x) = √5/2, csc(x) = √11/2  
d. cot(x) = √6, csc(x) = √7  
 
18) Which of the following expressions are equivalent to tan(x + y ) if tan(y) = 1/2 ? 
 
a. (2tanx + 1) / (2 − tanx)  
b. 2tanx / (2tanx − 1)  
c. (2tanx − 1) / (2tanx + 1)  
d. 2tanx / (1 + tan2 x)  
 
19) Which of the following is false about the six main trigonometric functions? 
 
a. The sum of the squares of sin(x) and cos(x) is always equal to one.  
b. The reciprocal function of cosine is secant. 
c. Sine = (opposite side)/(hypotenuse) holds for any angle.  
d. sin2 x / cos2 x = 1 only when x is coterminal with π/4 radians.  
 
 
20)Determine  the  hypotenuse  of  a  right  triangle  where  sin(x) = 7/25   and 
cos2 x = 576/625 . 
 
a. 25  
b. 50  
c. 75  
d. There is not enough information given about the problem.