Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    If\[\cos x=\frac{2\cos y-1}{2-\cos y}\], where\[x,\,\,y\in (0,\,\,\pi )\], then\[\tan \frac{x}{2}\cdot \cot \frac{y}{2}\]is equal to

    A) \[\sqrt{2}\]                                        

    B) \[\sqrt{3}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\]                     

    D)        \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[\cos x=\frac{2\cos y-1}{2-\cos y}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}=\frac{2\left( \frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}} \right)-1}{2-\left( \frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}} \right)}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}=\frac{2-2{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}-1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}{2+2{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}-1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}}=\frac{1-3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}{1+3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[1+3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}-3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}\]                 \[=1-3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}-3{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[6{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{y}{2}=2{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\tan \frac{x}{2}\cdot \cot \frac{y}{2}=\sqrt{3}\]


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