JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Inverse Trigonometric Functions Question Bank Inverse trigonometric functions

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    If \[{{\cos }^{-1}}x-{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{y}{2}=\alpha \], then \[4{{x}^{2}}-4xy\cos \alpha +{{y}^{2}}\] is equal to   [AIEEE 2005]

    A) \[4{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \]

    B) \[-4{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \]

    C) \[2\sin 2\alpha \]

    D) \[4\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     If \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{x}{a}+{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{y}{b}=\theta \] Then \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\cos \theta +\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}={{\sin }^{2}}\theta \] Here \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{x}{1}+{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{y}{2}=\alpha ;\] \[\therefore \frac{{{x}^{2}}}{1}-\frac{2xy}{2}\cos \alpha +\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{4}={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \] \[{{x}^{2}}-xy\cos \alpha +\frac{{{y}^{2}}}{4}={{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \] \[4{{x}^{2}}-4xy\cos \alpha +{{y}^{2}}=4{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha \].


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