CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The number of solutions of\[\cos 2\theta =\sin \theta \]in\[(0,2\pi )\]is

    A)  1                                            

    B)  2

    C)  3                            

    D)         4

    E)  0

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have\[\cos 2\theta =\sin \theta \] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos 2\theta =\cos \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-\theta  \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[2\theta =2n\pi \pm \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-\theta  \right),n\in Z\] Taking + sign, we have \[\theta =\frac{2n\pi }{3}+\frac{\pi }{6},n\in Z\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\theta =\frac{\pi }{6}+\frac{5\pi }{6}\in (0,2\pi )\] Taking - sign, we have \[\theta =2n\pi -\frac{\pi }{2},n\in Z\]                 \[\theta =\frac{3\pi }{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta =\frac{3\pi }{2}\in (0,2\pi )\] Hence, there are three solutions.


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