JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Equations Question Bank Relation between sides and angles, Solutions of triangles

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    In a triangle \[PQR\], \[\angle R=\frac{\pi }{2}.\]If \[\tan \left( \frac{P}{2} \right)\]and \[\tan \left( \frac{Q}{2} \right)\]are the roots of the equation \[a{{x}^{2}}+bx+c=0(a\ne 0).\] then [IIT 1999; MP PET 2000; AIEEE 2005]

    A) \[a+b=c\]

    B) \[b+c=a\]

    C) \[a+c=b\]

    D) \[b=c\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given \[\tan \frac{P}{2}+\tan \frac{Q}{2}=-\frac{b}{a}\] and \[\tan \frac{P}{2}\tan \frac{Q}{2}=\frac{c}{a}\] or \[\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}+\tan \left( \frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{\alpha }{2} \right)=-\frac{b}{a}\],\[\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}.\tan \left( \frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{\alpha }{2} \right)=\frac{c}{a}\] \[\therefore \]\[\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}+\frac{1-\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}=-\frac{b}{a}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}+1}{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}=-\frac{b}{a}\]   ?..(i) Similarly,  \[\frac{\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\left( 1-\tan \frac{\alpha }{2} \right)}{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}=\frac{c}{a}\] \[\Rightarrow \]  \[\frac{\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}}{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}=\frac{c}{a}\]    ......(ii) By adding (i) and (ii), we get \[\frac{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}{1+\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}=-\frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{a}\] \[\Rightarrow \]  \[-b+c=a\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[c=a+b\].


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