KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-14

  • question_answer
    Let \[{{f}_{K}}(x)=\frac{1}{k}\left( {{\sin }^{k}}x+{{\cos }^{k}}x \right)\] where \[x\ne R\] and \[k\ge 1.\]Then \[{{f}_{4}}(x)-{{f}_{6}}(x)\] equals:

    A) \[\frac{1}{6}\]

    B) \[\frac{1}{3}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{4}\]

    D) \[\frac{1}{12}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{4}\left( {{\sin }^{4}}x+{{\cos }^{4}}x \right)-\frac{1}{6}\left( {{\sin }^{6}}x+{{\cos }^{6}}x \right)\] \[=\frac{3({{\sin }^{4}}x+{{\cos }^{4}}x)-2\left( {{\sin }^{6}}x+{{\cos }^{6}}x \right)}{12}\] \[=\frac{3\left( 1-2{{\sin }^{2}}x{{\cos }^{2}}x \right)-2\left( 1-3{{\sin }^{2}}x{{\cos }^{2}}x \right)}{12}\] \[=\frac{1}{12}.\]


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