KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-31

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    Let \[\sin (\alpha -\beta )=\frac{5}{13}\] and \[cos(\alpha +\beta )=\frac{3}{5},\] then \[\tan (2\alpha )\] is equal to: (Here \[\alpha ,\beta \in \left( 0,\frac{\pi }{4} \right)\])

    A) \[\frac{63}{16}\]

    B) \[\frac{61}{16}\]

    C) \[\frac{65}{16}\]           

    D) \[\frac{32}{9}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[0<\alpha <\frac{\pi }{4}\]
    \[0<\beta <\frac{\pi }{4}\] \[\Rightarrow \]            \[0<\alpha <\beta <\frac{\pi }{2}\]
    And      \[-\frac{\pi }{4}<\alpha -\beta <\frac{\pi }{4}\]
    Now      \[\sin (\alpha -\beta )=\frac{5}{13}\Rightarrow \cos (\alpha -\beta )=\frac{12}{13}\]  And      \[\cos (\alpha +\beta )=\frac{3}{5}\] \[\Rightarrow \]    \[sin(\alpha +\beta )=\frac{4}{5}\]
    Now\[\tan 2\alpha =\tan [(\alpha +\beta )+(\alpha -\beta )]\]
                \[=\frac{\tan (\alpha +\beta )+tan(\alpha -\beta )}{1-\tan (\alpha +\beta )tan(\alpha -\beta )}\]
                \[=\frac{\frac{4}{3}+\frac{5}{12}}{1-\frac{4}{3}\times \frac{5}{12}}=\frac{63}{16}.\]


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