JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held On 10 April 2016)

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    Let \[f(x)={{\sin }^{4}}x+{{\cos }^{4}}x\]. Then f is an increasing function in the interval   JEE Main Online Paper (Held On 10 April 2016)

    A) \[\left] \frac{\pi }{4},\frac{\pi }{2} \right[\]

    B) \[\left] \frac{5\pi }{8},\frac{3\pi }{4} \right[\]

    C) \[\left] 0,\frac{\pi }{4} \right[\]                         

    D) \[\left] \frac{\pi }{2},\frac{5\pi }{8} \right[\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                 \[f(x)={{\sin }^{4}}{{x}_{3}}+{{\cos }^{4}}x\] \[f(x)=4{{\sin }^{3}}x+\cos x-4{{\cos }^{3}}x\sin x\] \[=4\sin x\cos x({{\sin }^{2}}-{{\cos }^{2}}x)\] \[=-2\sin 2x.\cos 2x\] \[=-\sin 4x>0\] \[\Rightarrow \pi <4x<2\pi \] \[\frac{\pi }{4}<x<\frac{\pi }{2}\]   


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