JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Identities Question Bank Mock Test - Trigonometric Functions

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    If \[\theta \]is eliminated from the equations \[x=a\,\cos (\theta -\alpha )\]and \[y=b\,\cos (\theta -\beta )\], then \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}-\frac{2xy}{ab}\cos (\alpha -\beta )\]is equal to

    A) \[{{\sec }^{2}}(\alpha -\beta )\] 

    B) \[\cos e{{c}^{2}}(\alpha -\beta )\]

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

    D) \[si{{n}^{2}}(\alpha -\beta )\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    [d] \[(\alpha -\beta )=(\theta -\beta )-(\theta -\alpha )\] \[\Rightarrow \,\cos (\alpha -\beta )=cos(\theta -\beta )cos(\theta -\alpha)\] \[+\sin (\theta -\beta )sin(\theta -\alpha )\] \[=\frac{y}{b}\times \frac{x}{a}+\sqrt{1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}}\sqrt{1-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}}\] \[\Rightarrow {{\left[ \frac{xy}{ab}-\cos (\alpha -\beta ) \right]}^{2}}=\left( 1-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}} \right)\left( 1-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}} \right)\] or \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}+{{\cos }^{2}}(\alpha -\beta )-\frac{2xy}{ab}\cos (\alpha -\beta )\] \[=1-\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}}\] or \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}+\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}-\frac{2xy}{ab}\cos (\alpha -\beta )=si{{n}^{2}}(\alpha -\beta )\]


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