1. If \(x^2 = \sin^2 30^\circ + 4\cot^2 45^\circ - \sec^2 60^\circ\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

2. For the equation \( 3x^2 + 8x + 2 = 0 \), if the roots are \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \), then what is the value of \( \frac{1}{\alpha} + \frac{1}{\beta} \)?"

(a) -\(\cfrac{3}{8}\) (b) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\) (c) -4 (d) 4

3. If \(9x^2 - 13x + 9 = 0\), then what is the value of \(x + \cfrac{1}{x}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{9}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{4}{9}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{9}\) (d) 1

4. If \(\cfrac{1}{3x}+\cfrac{1}{4x}+\cfrac{1}{2x}+\cfrac{1}{6x}=5\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{4}\) (d) None of the above

5. If \( \cos\theta - \sin\theta = \sqrt{2} \sin\theta \), then what is the value of \( \cos\theta + \sin\theta \)?

(a) \(2 cos\theta\) (b) \(\sqrt2 sin \theta\) (c) \(2 sin\theta\) (d) \(\sqrt2 cos \theta\)

6. If \(\csc\theta + \cot\theta = 2 + \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\csc\theta - \cot\theta\)?

(a) \(\sqrt3+\sqrt2\) (b) \(\sqrt2-3\) (c) \(\sqrt3-2\) (d) \(2-\sqrt3\)

7. If \( (3x - 2y) : (3x + 2y) = 4 : 5 \), then what is the value of \(x : y\)?

(a) 1:6 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 6:1

8. If \(\sin(3x - 20^\circ) = \cos(3y + 20^\circ)\), then what is the value of \(x + y\)?

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

9. If \(x^2 = \sin^2 30^\circ + 4\cot^2 45^\circ - \sec^2 60^\circ\), then the value of \(x\) is —

(a) \(\pm 1\) (b) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{2}\) (c) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\) (d) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\)

10. If \( \cos\theta + \sin\theta = \sqrt{2} \cos\theta \), then what is the value of \( \sin\theta - \cos\theta \)?

(a) \(\sqrt2 sin\theta\) (b) \(-\sqrt2 sin\theta\) (c) \(-\sqrt2 cos\theta\) (d) None of the above

11. If \( \tan\alpha + \cot\alpha = \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( \tan^3\alpha + \cot^3\alpha \)?

12. If \( \cot\alpha = \tan(\beta + \gamma) \), then what is the value of \( \sin(\alpha + \beta + \gamma) \)?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) \(\cfrac{3}{4}\)

13. If \(\sin \theta + \cos \theta = \sqrt{2}\), then what is the value of \(\theta\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{\pi}{2}\) (b) \(\cfrac{\pi}{3}\) (c) \(\pi\) (d) \(\cfrac{\pi}{4}\)

14. If \( \tan θ + \cot θ = 2 \), then what is the value of \( \tan^7 θ + \cot^7 θ \)?

15. If \(\tan(\theta + 15^\circ) = \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\sin \theta\)?

16. If \(\sec^2 \theta + \tan^2 \theta = \frac{13}{12}\), then what is the value of \(\sec^4 \theta - \tan^4 \theta\)?

17. If \((3x - 2y) : (x + 3y) = 5 : 6\), then what is the value of the ratio \(x : y\)?

18. If \(x = 2 + \sqrt{3}\) and \(y = 2 - \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(3x^2 - 5xy + 3y^2\)?

19. If \((2x - 3y) : (5x - 2y) = 1 : 19\), then what is the value of \((2x + 3y) : (3x - 2y)\)?

(a) 9:19 (b) 16:9 (c) 9:16 (d) 19:9

20. If \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} = 3\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{(x^2 + 3x + 1)}{(x^2 + 7x + 1)}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (b) \(\cfrac{5}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{2}{4}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\)

21. If \(x = 7 + 4\sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x^3}{x^6 + 3x^3 + 1}\)?

(a) \(2705\) (b) \(7430\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{2705}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{7430}\)

22. If \(\frac{3x - 5y}{3x + 5y} = \frac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{3x^2 - 5y^2}{3x^2 + 5y^2}\)?

23. If \(\tan(\theta + 15^\circ) = 1\), then what is the value of \(\cos 2\theta\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\) (c) \(\cfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\) (d) \(1\)

24. If \(\theta\) is a positive acute angle and \( \sin\theta = \cos(2\theta + 15^\circ) \), then what is the value of \(\theta\)?

(a) 30° (b) 25° (c) 60° (d) 90°

25. If \(\cos\theta = \frac{4}{5}\), then what is the value of \(\csc\theta \div (1 + \cot\theta)\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{2}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{5}{7}\) (c) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\)

26. If \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are the roots of the quadratic equation \(2x^2 - 3x + 4 = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{\alpha^2 + \beta^2}{\alpha^{-1} + \beta^{-1}}\)?

27. If \(x = \cfrac{\sqrt3 - \sqrt2}{\sqrt3 + \sqrt2}\) and \(xy = 1\), then what is the value of \(3x^2 - 5xy + 3y^2\)?

28. If \(x = 3 + 2\sqrt{2}\), then what is the value of \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} + 2\)?

29. If \(A + B = 90^\circ\) and \(\tan A = \frac{3}{4}\), then what is the value of \(\cot B\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{3}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{4}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (d) \(\cfrac{4}{5}\)

30. If \((3x - 2y) : (3x + 2y) = 4 : 5\), then what is the value of \((x + y) : (x - y)\)?