JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Equations Question Bank Relation between sides and angles, Solutions of triangles

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    The lengths of the sides of a triangle are \[\alpha -\beta ,\alpha +\beta \]and \[\sqrt{3{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}},\] \[(\alpha >\beta >0)\]. Its largest angle is [Roorkee 1999]

    A) \[\frac{3\pi }{4}\]

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{2\pi }{3}\]

    D) \[\frac{5\pi }{6}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

      Let  \[a=\alpha -\beta ,b=\alpha +\beta ,c=\sqrt{3{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}}\] \ \[\cos C=\frac{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}-{{c}^{2}}}{2ab}\] Þ  \[\cos C=\frac{{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}-2\alpha \beta +{{\alpha }^{2}}+{{\beta }^{2}}+2\alpha \beta -3{{\alpha }^{2}}-{{\beta }^{2}}}{2({{\alpha }^{2}}-{{\beta }^{2}})}\] Þ  \[\cos C=-\frac{({{\alpha }^{2}}-{{\beta }^{2}})}{2({{\alpha }^{2}}-{{\beta }^{2}})}=\cos \left( \frac{2\pi }{3} \right)\]   Þ  \[\angle C=\frac{2\pi }{3}\], (largest angle).


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