JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA Jamia Millia Islamia Solved Paper-2007

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        The sides of a triangle are\[\sin \alpha ,\cos \alpha \]and\[\sqrt{1+\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }\]for some\[0<\alpha <\frac{\pi }{2}\]. Then the greatest angle of the triangle is

    A)  \[60{}^\circ \]                                  

    B)  \[90{}^\circ \]

    C)  \[120{}^\circ \]                

    D)  \[150{}^\circ \]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    Let \[a=\sin \alpha ,b=\cos \alpha ,c=\sqrt{1+\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }\] then    \[\cos C=\frac{{{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}-{{c}^{2}}}{2ab}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\cos C=\frac{{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha +{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha +1-\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }{2\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos C=-\frac{\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }{2\sin \alpha \cos \alpha }\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\cos C=-\frac{1}{2}=\cos 120{}^\circ \]                \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\angle C=120{}^\circ \]


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