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

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    Let \[0<{{\theta }_{1}}<{{\theta }_{2}}<{{\theta }_{3}}<...\]denote the positive solution of the equation \[3+3\cos \theta =2{{\sin }^{2}}\theta \]The value of \[{{\theta }_{3}}+{{\theta }_{7}}\]is

    A) 6\[\pi \]             

    B) 7\[\pi \]

    C) 8\[\pi \]                         

    D) 4\[\pi \]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] \[3+3\cos \theta =2-2{{\cos }^{2}}\theta \] \[\Rightarrow 2{{\cos }^{2}}\theta +3\cos \theta +1=0\] \[\Rightarrow (2cos\theta +1)(cos\theta +1)=0\] \[\therefore \cos \theta =-1or\cos \theta =-\frac{1}{2}\] if \[\cos \theta =-1\] then \[\theta =\pi ,3\pi ,5\pi ,7\pi ,9\pi ,...\] if \[\cos \theta =-1/2\] then \[\theta =\frac{2\pi }{3},\frac{4\pi }{3},\frac{8\pi }{3},\frac{10\pi }{3},\frac{14\pi }{3},...\] Solutions in increasing order are \[0<\frac{2\pi }{3}<\pi <\frac{4\pi }{3}<\frac{8\pi }{3}<3\pi <\frac{10\pi }{3}<\frac{14\pi }{3}<5\pi ,..\] \[\therefore \,{{\theta }_{3}}+{{\theta }_{7}}=\frac{4\pi }{3}+\frac{14\pi }{3}=6\pi \]


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