JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 12-Jan-2019 Evening)

  • question_answer
    If \[{{\sin }^{4}}\alpha +4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta +2=4\sqrt{2}\sin \alpha \cos \beta ;\]\[\alpha ,\beta \in [0,\pi ],\]then \[\cos (\alpha +\beta )-\cos (\alpha -\beta )\]is equal to [JEE Main Online Paper Held On 12-Jan-2019 Evening]

    A) \[-1\]                            

    B) 0    

    C) \[\sqrt{2}\]                                

    D)   \[-\sqrt{2}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Since, \[A.M.\ge G.M.\] \[\therefore \]\[\frac{{{\sin }^{4}}\alpha +4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta +1+1}{4}\] \[\ge {{({{\sin }^{4}}\alpha .4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta .1.1)}^{1/4}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\sin }^{4}}\alpha +4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta +2\ge 4\sqrt{2}\sin \alpha \cos \beta \] But according to question, we have \[{{\sin }^{4}}\alpha +4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta +2=4\sqrt{2}\sin \alpha \cos \beta \] \[\Rightarrow \]\[A.M.=G.M.\Rightarrow si{{n}^{4}}\alpha =1=4{{\cos }^{4}}\beta \] \[\Rightarrow \]\[sin\alpha =1,\cos \beta =\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\] \[\therefore \]\[sin\alpha =1,and\,\sin \beta =\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]as\[\alpha ,\beta \in [0,\pi ]\] Now,\[\cos (\alpha +\beta )-\cos (\alpha -\beta )=-2sin\alpha \beta \] \[=-2.1.\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}=-\sqrt{2}\]


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