BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    The number of distinct real roots of \[\left| \begin{matrix}    \sin x & \cos x & \cos x  \\    \cos x & \sin x & \cos x  \\    \cos x & \cos x & \sin x  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=0\]in the interval\[x\in \left[ \frac{-\pi }{4},\frac{\pi }{4} \right]\]is

    A)  0                                            

    B)         2                                            

    C)         1                                            

    D)         3

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Applying \[{{R}_{1}}\to {{R}_{1}}+{{R}_{2}}+{{R}_{3}}\]and taking common from \[{{R}_{1}},\]we get \[(\sin x+2\cos x)\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 1 & 1  \\    \cos x & \sin x & \cos x  \\    \cos x & \cos x & \sin x  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]    \[(\sin x+2\cos x)\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\left| \begin{matrix}    1 & 0 & 0  \\    \cos x & \sin x-\cos x & 0  \\    \cos x & 0 & \sin x-\cos x  \\ \end{matrix} \right|=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{(\sin \,x-\cos x)}^{2}}(\sin x+2\cos x)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]  \[x=\frac{\pi }{4},x\in \left[ -\frac{\pi }{4},\frac{\pi }{4} \right]\]


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