KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-6

  • question_answer
    The complete solution set of \[|\cos 3x|+|\cos x|\,\,=\,\,|\cos 3x+\cos x|\] belonging to \[[0,\,\,\pi ]\] is

    A) \[\left\{ \frac{\pi }{2} \right\}\cup \left[ \frac{\pi }{6},\,\,\frac{5\pi }{6} \right]\]

    B) \[\left\{ \frac{\pi }{2} \right\}\cup \left[ 0,\,\,\frac{\pi }{6} \right]\]

    C) \[[0,\,\,\pi ]\]

    D) \[\left\{ \frac{\pi }{2} \right\}\cup \left[ 0,\,\,\frac{\pi }{6} \right]\cup \left[ \frac{5\pi }{6},\,\,\pi  \right]\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[|\cos 3x|+|\cos x|\,\,=\,\,|\cos 3x+\cos x|\]
    if          \[\cos 3x\cdot \cos x\ge 0\]
    if          \[(4{{\cos }^{3}}x-\cos x)\cos \,\,x\ge 0\]
    if          \[{{\cos }^{2}}x\,\,(4{{\cos }^{2}}x-3)\ge 0\]
    if          \[\cos x=0\] or \[{{\cos }^{2}}x\ge \frac{3}{4}\]
    if          \[x=\frac{\pi }{2}\] or \[|\cos x|\,\,\ge \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\]
               
                \[x=\frac{\pi }{2}\] or \[x\in \left[ 0,\,\,\frac{\pi }{6} \right]\cup \left[ \frac{5\pi }{6},\,\,\pi  \right]\]


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