JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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    Let \[A,\,\,B\] and \[C\] are the angles of a plain triangle and\[\tan \left( \frac{A}{2} \right)=\frac{1}{3},\,\,\tan \left( \frac{B}{2} \right)=\frac{2}{3}\]. Then\[\tan \left( \frac{C}{2} \right)\] is equal to:

    A) \[1/3\]                                 

    B) \[2/3\]

    C) \[2/9\]                                 

    D) \[7/9\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Since, \[A,\,\,\,B\] and \[C\] are the angles of a triangle \[\therefore \]  \[A+B+C=\pi \] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{A}{2}+\frac{B}{2}=\frac{\pi }{2}-\frac{C}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\tan \left( \frac{A}{2}+\frac{B}{2} \right)=\tan \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-\frac{C}{2} \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cot \frac{C}{2}=\frac{\tan \frac{A}{2}+\tan \frac{B}{2}}{1-\tan \frac{A}{2}\tan \frac{B}{2}}\]                           \[=\frac{\frac{1}{3}+\frac{2}{3}}{1-\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{2}{3}}=\frac{\frac{3}{3}}{\frac{7}{9}}=\frac{9}{7}\] \[\Rightarrow \]        \[\tan \frac{C}{2}=\frac{7}{9}\]


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