JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Identities Question Bank Trigonometrical ratios of sum and difference of two and three angles

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    \[\frac{\sin 70{}^\circ +\cos 40{}^\circ }{\cos 70{}^\circ +\sin 40{}^\circ }=\] [CET 1986; MP PET 1999]

    A) 1

    B) \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\]

    C) \[\sqrt{3}\]

    D) \[\frac{1}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\frac{\sin \,\,{{70}^{o}}+\cos \,\,{{40}^{o}}}{\cos \,\,{{70}^{o}}+\sin \,\,{{40}^{o}}}\] \[=\frac{\sin 70{}^\circ +\sin 50{}^\circ }{\sin 20{}^\circ +\sin 40{}^\circ }=\frac{2\sin 60{}^\circ \cos 10{}^\circ }{2\sin 30{}^\circ \cos (-10{}^\circ )}\] \[=\frac{\sin \,\,{{60}^{o}}}{\sin \,\,{{30}^{o}}}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}.\frac{2}{1}=\sqrt{3}\].


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