JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Equations Question Bank Relation between sides and angles, Solutions of triangles

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    If \[\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \] are angles of a triangle, then \[{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\beta +{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma -2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \]is [Orissa JEE 2004]

    A) 2

    B) -1

    C) -2

    D) 0

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We have, \[{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\sin }^{2}}\beta +{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma -2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \] = \[3-[{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\beta +{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma ]-2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \] = \[3-\left[ \frac{1+\cos 2\alpha }{2}+\frac{1+\cos 2\beta }{2}+\frac{1+\cos 2\gamma }{2} \right]\] \[-2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \]      \[=3-\frac{1}{2}[3+\cos 2\alpha +\cos 2\beta +\cos 2\gamma ]-2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \]     \[=3-\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{2}(\cos 2\alpha +\cos 2\beta )-\frac{1}{2}\cos 2\gamma -2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \] = \[\frac{3}{2}-\frac{1}{2}[-2\cos \gamma \cos (\alpha -\beta )]-\frac{1}{2}[2{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma -1]\] \[-2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \] =\[\frac{3}{2}+\cos \gamma \cos (\alpha -\beta )-{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma +\frac{1}{2}-2\cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \] = 2.


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