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

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    If \[m=\cos \sec \theta -\sin \theta \] and \[n=\sec \theta -\cos \theta ,\]then \[{{m}^{2/3}}+{{n}^{2/3}}=\]

    A) \[{{(mn)}^{-2/3}}\]

    B) \[{{(mn)}^{2/3}}\]

    C) \[{{(mn)}^{-1/3}}\]                 

    D) \[{{(mn)}^{1/3}}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We have, \[mn=(\cos ec\,\theta -\sin \theta )\,(sec\theta -\cos \theta )\] \[=\left( \frac{1}{\sin \theta }-\sin \theta  \right)\left( \frac{1}{\cos \theta }-\cos \theta  \right)\] \[=\frac{1-{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{\sin \theta }\times \frac{1-{{\cos }^{2}}\theta }{\cos \theta }\] \[=\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}\theta }{\sin \theta }\times \frac{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{\cos \theta }=\sin \theta .\cos \theta \] \[\therefore \,\,{{m}^{2/3}}+{{n}^{2/3}}={{\left( \frac{{{\cos }^{2}}\theta }{\sin \theta } \right)}^{2/3}}+{{\left( \frac{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{\cos \theta } \right)}^{2/3}}\] \[=\frac{{{\cos }^{4/3}}\theta }{{{\sin }^{2/3}}\theta }+\frac{{{\sin }^{4/3}}\theta }{{{\cos }^{2/3}}\theta }=\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}\theta +{{\sin }^{2}}\theta }{{{(\sin \theta .\cos \theta )}^{2/3}}}\] \[=\frac{1}{{{(mn)}^{2/3}}}={{(mn)}^{-2/3}}\]


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