Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2013

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    If\[\cos \alpha +\cos \beta +\cos \gamma =\sin \alpha +\sin \beta +\sin \gamma =0\], then the value of\[\cos 3\alpha +\cos 3\beta +\cos 3\gamma \]

    A) \[0\]                                     

    B) \[\cos (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )\]

    C) \[3\cos (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )\]

    D)        \[3\sin (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Let\[a=\cos \alpha +i\sin \alpha \], \[b=\cos \beta +i\sin \beta \], \[c=\cos \gamma +i\sin \gamma \] then;\[a+b+c=(\cos \alpha +\cos \beta +\cos \gamma )+\]                                                    \[i(\sin \alpha +\sin \beta +\sin \gamma )\] \[=0+i0=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}+{{c}^{3}}=3abc\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[(\cos 3\alpha +i\sin 3\alpha )+(\cos 3\beta +i\sin 3\beta )\]                                                 \[+(\cos 3\gamma +i\sin 3\gamma )\] \[=3[\cos (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )\,+i\sin (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )]\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\cos 3\alpha +\cos 3\beta +\cos 3\gamma =3\cos (\alpha +\beta +\gamma )\]


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