JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Equations Question Bank Solution of trigonometrical equations

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    If \[\cos 2\theta =(\sqrt{2}+1)\,\,\left( \cos \theta -\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right)\], then the value of \[\theta \]is   [Roorkee 1977]

    A) \[2n\pi +\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    B) \[2n\pi \pm \frac{\pi }{4}\]

    C) \[2n\pi -\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[2{{\cos }^{2}}\theta -(\sqrt{2}+1)\cos \theta -1+\frac{(\sqrt{2}+1)}{\sqrt{2}}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\cos \theta =\frac{(\sqrt{2}+1)\pm \sqrt{{{(\sqrt{2}+1)}^{2}}-\frac{8}{\sqrt{2}}}}{4}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\cos \theta =\cos \left( \frac{\pi }{4} \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\theta =2n\pi \pm \frac{\pi }{4}\]. Trick: Since \[\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}\] satisfies the equation and therefore the general value should be\[2n\pi \pm \frac{\pi }{4}\].


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