JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA Jamia Millia Islamia Solved Paper-2005

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        \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })={{\tan }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x,\]then\[\sin x\]is equal to:

    A)  \[{{\tan }^{2}}\left( \frac{\alpha }{2} \right)\]                    

    B)  \[co{{t}^{2}}\left( \frac{\alpha }{2} \right)\]

    C)  \[\tan \alpha \]                               

    D)  \[\cot \left( \frac{\alpha }{2} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })-{{\tan }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x\] \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos }\alpha } \right)-{{\tan }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos }\alpha }-\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}{1+\frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}.\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}=x\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{2\sqrt{\cos }\alpha }=x\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\tan x=\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{2\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}\]                 \[\sin x=\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{1+\cos \alpha }\]                 \[=\frac{1-(1-2{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha /2)}{1+2{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha /2-1}\] \[\sin x={{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}\]


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