JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Identities Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - Trigonometric Function

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    If \[\cos 7\theta =\cos \theta -\sin 4\theta ,\] then the general value of \[\theta \] is

    A) \[\frac{n\pi }{6},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]

    B) \[\frac{n\pi }{3},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]

    C) \[\frac{n\pi }{4},\frac{n\pi }{3}\pm \frac{\pi }{18}\]        

    D) \[\frac{n\pi }{4},\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\cos 7\theta =\cos \theta -\sin 4\theta \Rightarrow \sin 4\theta =\cos \theta -\cos 7\theta \] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\sin 4\theta =2\sin 4\theta \sin 3\theta \] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\sin 4\theta (1-2\sin 3\theta )=0\] \[\therefore \,\,\,\sin 4\theta =0\] or \[\sin 3\theta =\frac{1}{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,4\theta =n\pi \] or \[3\theta =n\pi +{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{6}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\theta =\frac{n\pi }{4}\]  or \[\frac{n\pi }{3}+{{(-1)}^{n}}\frac{\pi }{18}\]


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