VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    If a line in the space makes angle \[\alpha ,\]\[\beta \]and \[\gamma \] with the coordinate axes, then \[\cos 2\alpha +\cos 2\beta +\cos 2\gamma +{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\beta \] \[+{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma \]equals

    A)  -1               

    B)  0

    C)  1                 

    D)  2

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\cos 2\alpha +\cos 2\beta +\cos 2\gamma +\] \[{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\beta +{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma \] \[=(co{{s}^{2}}\alpha -{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha )+(co{{s}^{2}}\beta -{{\sin }^{2}}\beta )\]       \[({{\cos }^{2}}\gamma -{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma )+{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\beta +{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma \] \[={{\cos }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\beta +{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma =1\]


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