JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2014

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    If\[\sec x\cos 5x+1=0\], where\[0<x<2\pi \], then the value of \[x\] is

    A) \[\frac{\pi }{5},\,\,\frac{\pi }{4}\]                             

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{5}\]

    C) \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]                                              

    D)  None of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have,\[\sec x\cos 5x+1=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sec x\cos 5x=-1\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos 5x=-\cos x\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[5x=2n\pi \pm (\pi -x)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=\frac{(2n+1)\pi }{6}or\frac{(2n-1)\pi }{4}\] Hence\[x=\frac{\pi }{4},\,\,\frac{\pi }{2},\,\,\frac{3\pi }{4},\,\,\frac{5\pi }{6},\,\,\frac{5\pi }{4},\,\,\frac{7\pi }{6},\,\,\frac{7\pi }{4},\,\,\frac{9\pi }{6},\,\,\frac{11\pi }{6}\]


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