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Let $\tan A, \tan B$, where $A, B \in\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, be the roots of the quadratic equation $x^2-2 x-5=0$. Then $20 \sin ^2\left(\frac{A+B}{2}\right)$ is equal to:

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Let $P = \{ \theta \in [0, 4\pi] : \tan^2 \theta \neq 1 \}$ and $S = \{ a \in \mathbb{Z} : 2(\cos^8 \theta - \sin^8 \theta) \sec 2 \theta = a^2, \theta \in P \}$. Then $n(S)$ is:

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If $\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{18}\right) \sin\left(\frac{5\pi}{18}\right) \sin\left(\frac{7\pi}{18}\right) = K$, then the value of $\sin\left(\frac{10K\pi}{3}\right)$ is:

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If $\frac{\tan (\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{B})}{\tan \mathrm{A}}+\frac{\sin ^2 \mathrm{C}}{\sin ^2 \mathrm{~A}}=1, \mathrm{~A}, \mathrm{~B}, \mathrm{C} \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, then

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The value of $\frac{\sqrt{3} \operatorname{cosec} 20^{\circ}-\sec 20^{\circ}}{\cos 20^{\circ} \cos 40^{\circ} \cos 60^{\circ} \cos 80^{\circ}}$ is equal to

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If $\cot x=\frac{5}{12}$ for some $x \in\left(\pi, \frac{3 \pi}{2}\right)$, then $\sin 7 x\left(\cos \frac{13 x}{2}+\sin \frac{13 x}{2}\right)+\cos 7 x\left(\cos \frac{13 x}{2}-\sin \frac{13 x}{2}\right)$ is equal to

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Let $\frac{\pi}{2}<\theta<\pi$ and $\cot \theta=-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}$. Then the value of

$$ \sin \left(\frac{15 \theta}{2}\right)(\cos 8 \theta+\sin 8 \theta)+\cos \left(\frac{15 \theta}{2}\right)(\cos 8 \theta-\sin 8 \theta) $$

is equal to :

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The value of $\operatorname{cosec} 10^{\circ}-\sqrt{3} \sec 10^{\circ}$ is equal to :

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If for $\theta \in\left[-\frac{\pi}{3}, 0\right]$, the points $(x, y)=\left(3 \tan \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{3}\right), 2 \tan \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right)$ lie on $x y+\alpha x+\beta y+\gamma=0$, then $\alpha^2+\beta^2+\gamma^2$ is equal to :

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If $10 \sin ^4 \theta+15 \cos ^4 \theta=6$, then the value of $\frac{27 \operatorname{cosec}^6 \theta+8 \sec ^6 \theta}{16 \sec ^8 \theta}$ is

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If $\sin x + \sin^2 x = 1$, $x \in \left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, then

$(\cos^{12} x + \tan^{12} x) + 3(\cos^{10} x + \tan^{10} x + \cos^8 x + \tan^8 x) + (\cos^6 x + \tan^6 x)$ is equal to:

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If $\sum\limits_{r=1}^{13}\left\{\frac{1}{\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+(r-1) \frac{\pi}{6}\right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{r \pi}{6}\right)}\right\}=a \sqrt{3}+b, a, b \in Z$, then $a^2+b^2$ is equal to :
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Let the range of the function $f(x)=6+16 \cos x \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{3}-x\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{3}+x\right) \cdot \sin 3 x \cdot \cos 6 x, x \in \mathbf{R}$ be $[\alpha, \beta]$. Then the distance of the point $(\alpha, \beta)$ from the line $3 x+4 y+12=0$ is :

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The value of $\left(\sin 70^{\circ}\right)\left(\cot 10^{\circ} \cot 70^{\circ}-1\right)$ is

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If the value of $$\frac{3 \cos 36^{\circ}+5 \sin 18^{\circ}}{5 \cos 36^{\circ}-3 \sin 18^{\circ}}$$ is $$\frac{a \sqrt{5}-b}{c}$$, where $$a, b, c$$ are natural numbers and $$\operatorname{gcd}(a, c)=1$$, then $$a+b+c$$ is equal to :

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If $$\sin x=-\frac{3}{5}$$, where $$\pi< x <\frac{3 \pi}{2}$$, then $$80\left(\tan ^2 x-\cos x\right)$$ is equal to

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Suppose $$\theta \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right]$$ is a solution of $$4 \cos \theta-3 \sin \theta=1$$. Then $$\cos \theta$$ is equal to :

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If $\tan \mathrm{A}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x\left(x^2+x+1\right)}}, \tan \mathrm{B}=\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}$ and

$\tan \mathrm{C}=\left(x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}\right)^{1 / 2}, 0<\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}<\frac{\pi}{2}$, then $\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}$ is equal to :
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The number of solutions, of the equation $$e^{\sin x}-2 e^{-\sin x}=2$$, is :

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For $$\alpha, \beta \in(0, \pi / 2)$$, let $$3 \sin (\alpha+\beta)=2 \sin (\alpha-\beta)$$ and a real number $$k$$ be such that $$\tan \alpha=k \tan \beta$$. Then, the value of $$k$$ is equal to

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$$96\cos {\pi \over {33}}\cos {{2\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{4\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{8\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{16\pi } \over {33}}$$ is equal to :

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The value of $$36\left(4 \cos ^{2} 9^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 27^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 81^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 243^{\circ}-1\right)$$ is :

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If $$\tan 15^\circ + {1 \over {\tan 75^\circ }} + {1 \over {\tan 105^\circ }} + \tan 195^\circ = 2a$$, then the value of $$\left( {a + {1 \over a}} \right)$$ is :

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The set of all values of $$\lambda$$ for which the equation $${\cos ^2}2x - 2{\sin ^4}x - 2{\cos ^2}x = \lambda $$ has a real solution $$x$$, is :

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Let $$f(\theta ) = 3\left( {{{\sin }^4}\left( {{{3\pi } \over 2} - \theta } \right) + {{\sin }^4}(3\pi + \theta )} \right) - 2(1 - {\sin ^2}2\theta )$$ and $$S = \left\{ {\theta \in [0,\pi ]:f'(\theta ) = - {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}} \right\}$$. If $$4\beta = \sum\limits_{\theta \in S} \theta $$, then $$f(\beta )$$ is equal to

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$$2 \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{3 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{5 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{7 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{9 \pi}{22}\right)$$ is equal to :

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If cot$$\alpha$$ = 1 and sec$$\beta$$ = $$ - {5 \over 3}$$, where $$\pi < \alpha < {{3\pi } \over 2}$$ and $${\pi \over 2} < \beta < \pi $$, then the value of $$\tan (\alpha + \beta )$$ and the quadrant in which $$\alpha$$ + $$\beta$$ lies, respectively are :

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$$\alpha = \sin 36^\circ $$ is a root of which of the following equation?

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The value of $$\cos \left( {{{2\pi } \over 7}} \right) + \cos \left( {{{4\pi } \over 7}} \right) + \cos \left( {{{6\pi } \over 7}} \right)$$ is equal to :

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$$16\sin (20^\circ )\sin (40^\circ )\sin (80^\circ )$$ is equal to :

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The value of 2sin (12$$^\circ$$) $$-$$ sin (72$$^\circ$$) is :

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The value of

$$2\sin \left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{2\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{3\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{5\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{6\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{7\pi } \over 8}} \right)$$ is :
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If $$\tan \left( {{\pi \over 9}} \right),x,\tan \left( {{{7\pi } \over {18}}} \right)$$ are in arithmetic progression and $$\tan \left( {{\pi \over 9}} \right),y,\tan \left( {{{5\pi } \over {18}}} \right)$$ are also in arithmetic progression, then $$|x - 2y|$$ is equal to :
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If $$\sin \theta + \cos \theta = {1 \over 2}$$, then 16(sin(2$$\theta$$) + cos(4$$\theta$$) + sin(6$$\theta$$)) is equal to :
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The value of $$\cot {\pi \over {24}}$$ is :
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If 15sin4$$\alpha$$ + 10cos4$$\alpha$$ = 6, for some $$\alpha$$$$\in$$R, then the value of

27sec6$$\alpha$$ + 8cosec6$$\alpha$$ is equal to :
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If for x $$\in$$ $$\left( {0,{\pi \over 2}} \right)$$, log10sinx + log10cosx = $$-$$1 and log10(sinx + cosx) = $${1 \over 2}$$(log10 n $$-$$ 1), n > 0, then the value of n is equal to :
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If 0 < x, y < $$\pi$$ and cosx + cosy $$-$$ cos(x + y) = $${3 \over 2}$$, then sinx + cosy is equal to :
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If $${e^{\left( {{{\cos }^2}x + {{\cos }^4}x + {{\cos }^6}x + ...\infty } \right){{\log }_e}2}}$$ satisfies the equation t2 - 9t + 8 = 0, then the value of
$${{2\sin x} \over {\sin x + \sqrt 3 \cos x}}\left( {0 < x < {\pi \over 2}} \right)$$ is :
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If L = sin2$$\left( {{\pi \over {16}}} \right)$$ - sin2$$\left( {{\pi \over {8}}} \right)$$ and
M = cos2$$\left( {{\pi \over {16}}} \right)$$ - sin2$$\left( {{\pi \over {8}}} \right)$$, then :
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If the equation cos4 $$\theta $$ + sin4 $$\theta $$ + $$\lambda $$ = 0 has real solutions for $$\theta $$, then $$\lambda $$ lies in the interval :
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If $$x = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)}^n}{{\tan }^{2n}}\theta } $$ and $$y = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{{\cos }^{2n}}\theta } $$

for 0 < $$\theta $$ < $${\pi \over 4}$$, then :
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The value of
$${\cos ^3}\left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)$$$${\cos}\left( {{3\pi \over 8}} \right)$$+$${\sin ^3}\left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)$$$${\sin}\left( {{3\pi \over 8}} \right)$$
is :
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The equation y = sinx sin (x + 2) – sin2 (x + 1) represents a straight line lying in :
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The value of sin 10º sin30º sin50º sin70º is :-
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The value of cos210° – cos10°cos50° + cos250° is
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If cos($$\alpha $$ + $$\beta $$) = 3/5 ,sin ( $$\alpha $$ - $$\beta $$) = 5/13 and 0 < $$\alpha , \beta$$ < $$\pi \over 4$$, then tan(2$$\alpha $$) is equal to :
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The maximum value of 3cos$$\theta $$ + 5sin $$\left( {\theta - {\pi \over 6}} \right)$$ for any real value of $$\theta $$ is :
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The value of $$\cos {\pi \over {{2^2}}}.\cos {\pi \over {{2^3}}}\,.....\cos {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}$$ is -
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For any $$\theta \in \left( {{\pi \over 4},{\pi \over 2}} \right)$$, the expression

$$3{(\cos \theta - \sin \theta )^4}$$$$ + 6{(\sin \theta + \cos \theta )^2} + 4{\sin ^6}\theta $$

equals :
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If $$5\left( {{{\tan }^2}x - {{\cos }^2}x} \right) = 2\cos 2x + 9$$,

then the value of $$\cos 4x$$ is :
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If  m and M are the minimum and the maximum values of

4 + $${1 \over 2}$$ sin2 2x $$-$$ 2cos4 x, x $$ \in $$ R, then M $$-$$ m is equal to :
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Let $$f_k\left( x \right) = {1 \over k}\left( {{{\sin }^k}x + {{\cos }^k}x} \right)$$ where $$x \in R$$ and $$k \ge \,1.$$
Then $${f_4}\left( x \right) - {f_6}\left( x \right)\,\,$$ equals :
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The expression $${{\tan {\rm A}} \over {1 - \cot {\rm A}}} + {{\cot {\rm A}} \over {1 - \tan {\rm A}}}$$ can be written as:
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If $$A = {\sin ^2}x + {\cos ^4}x,$$ then for all real $$x$$:
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Let $$\cos \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 5}$$ and $$\sin \,\,\,\left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {13}},$$ where $$0 \le \alpha ,\,\beta \le {\pi \over 4}.$$
Then $$tan\,2\alpha $$ =
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Let A and B denote the statements

A: $$\cos \alpha + \cos \beta + \cos \gamma = 0$$

B: $$\sin \alpha + \sin \beta + \sin \gamma = 0$$

If $$\cos \left( {\beta - \gamma } \right) + \cos \left( {\gamma - \alpha } \right) + \cos \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = - {3 \over 2},$$ then:

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If $$0 < x < \pi $$ and $$\cos x + \sin x = {1 \over 2},$$ then $$\tan x$$ is :
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Let $$\alpha ,\,\beta $$ be such that $$\pi < \alpha - \beta < 3\pi $$.
If $$sin{\mkern 1mu} \alpha + \sin \beta = - {{21} \over {65}}$$ and $$\cos \alpha + \cos \beta = - {{27} \over {65}}$$ then the value of $$\cos {{\alpha - \beta } \over 2}$$ :
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If $$u = \sqrt {{a^2}{{\cos }^2}\theta + {b^2}{{\sin }^2}\theta } + \sqrt {{a^2}{{\sin }^2}\theta + {b^2}{{\cos }^2}\theta } $$

then the difference between the maximum and minimum values of $${u^2}$$ is given by :
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Numerical

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If $\mathrm{A}=\frac{\sin 3^{\circ}}{\cos 9^{\circ}}+\frac{\sin 9^{\circ}}{\cos 27^{\circ}}+\frac{\sin 27^{\circ}}{\cos 81^{\circ}}$ and $\mathrm{B}=\tan 81^{\circ}-\tan 3^{\circ}$, then $\frac{\mathrm{B}}{\mathrm{A}}$ is equal to

$\_\_\_\_$ .

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Let $\overrightarrow{a_k}=\left(\tan \theta_k\right) \hat{i}+\hat{j}$ and $\overrightarrow{b_k}=\hat{i}-\left(\cot \theta_k\right) \hat{j}$, where $\theta_k=\frac{2^{k-1} \pi}{2^n+1}$, for some $n \in \mathbb{N}, n>5$. Then the value of $\frac{\sum\limits_{k=1}^n\left|\overrightarrow{a_k}\right|^2}{\sum\limits_{k=1}^n\left|\overrightarrow{b_k}\right|^2}$ is

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Let $\cos (\alpha+\beta)=-\frac{1}{10}$ and $\sin (\alpha-\beta)=\frac{3}{8}$, where $0<\alpha<\frac{\pi}{3}$ and $0<\beta<\frac{\pi}{4}$. If $\tan 2 \alpha=\frac{3(1-r \sqrt{5})}{\sqrt{11}(s+\sqrt{5})}, r, s \in N$, then $r+s$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .

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$$ \text { If } \frac{\cos ^2 48^{\circ}-\sin ^2 12^{\circ}}{\sin ^2 24^{\circ}-\sin ^2 6^{\circ}}=\frac{\alpha+\beta \sqrt{5}}{2} \text {, where } \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{N} \text {, then } \alpha+\beta \text { is equal to ___________} $$

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Let the set of all $a \in \mathbf{R}$ such that the equation $\cos 2 x+a \sin x=2 a-7$ has a solution be $[p, q]$ and $r=\tan 9^{\circ}-\tan 27^{\circ}-\frac{1}{\cot 63^{\circ}}+\tan 81^{\circ}$, then pqr is equal to ____________.
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The value of $$\tan 9^{\circ}-\tan 27^{\circ}-\tan 63^{\circ}+\tan 81^{\circ}$$ is __________.

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If $${\sin ^2}(10^\circ )\sin (20^\circ )\sin (40^\circ )\sin (50^\circ )\sin (70^\circ ) = \alpha - {1 \over {16}}\sin (10^\circ )$$, then $$16 + {\alpha ^{ - 1}}$$ is equal to __________.

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The number of integral values of 'k' for which the equation $$3\sin x + 4\cos x = k + 1$$ has a solution, k$$\in$$R is ___________.
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If $${{\sqrt 2 \sin \alpha } \over {\sqrt {1 + \cos 2\alpha } }} = {1 \over 7}$$ and $$\sqrt {{{1 - \cos 2\beta } \over 2}} = {1 \over {\sqrt {10} }}$$

$$\alpha ,\beta \in \left( {0,{\pi \over 2}} \right)$$ then tan($$\alpha $$ + 2$$\beta $$) is equal to _____.
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