RAJASTHAN ­ PET Rajasthan PET Solved Paper-2004

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    If\[2\cos \alpha =a+\left( \frac{1}{a} \right)\]and\[2\cos \beta =b+\left( \frac{1}{b} \right),\]then \[ab+\left( \frac{1}{ab} \right)\]is equal to

    A) \[2\text{ }cos(\alpha +\beta )\]       

    B)  \[2\text{ }\sin (\alpha +\beta )\]

    C) \[2\text{ }cos(\alpha -\beta )\]       

    D)  \[4\cos \alpha \cos \beta \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Given,     \[2\cos \alpha =a+\frac{1}{a}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{a}^{2}}-2a\cos \alpha +1=0\] ...(i) and         \[2\cos \beta =b+\frac{1}{b}\] \[\Rightarrow \]          \[{{b}^{2}}-2b\cos \beta +1=0\]            ...(ii) From Eq. (i), \[a=\frac{2\cos \alpha \pm \sqrt{4{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha -4}}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[a=\frac{2\cos \alpha \pm 2i\sin \alpha }{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[a=\cos \alpha \pm i\sin \alpha \] Similarly,  \[b=cos\text{ }\beta \pm i\text{ }sin\text{ }\beta \] \[\therefore \]\[ab=(\cos \alpha \pm i\sin \alpha )(\cos \beta \pm i\sin B)\] \[=\cos (\alpha +\beta )\pm i\sin (\alpha +\beta )\] and  \[\frac{1}{ab}=\cos (\alpha +\beta )\mp i\sin (\alpha +\beta )\] Hence, \[ab+\frac{1}{ab}=2\cos (\alpha +\beta )\]


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