JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Identities Question Bank Trigonometrical ratios of sum and difference of two and three angles

  • question_answer
    If \[\cos (\alpha +\beta )=\frac{4}{5},\sin (\alpha -\beta )=\frac{5}{13}\] and \[\alpha ,\beta \] lie between 0 and \[\frac{\pi }{4},\]then \[\tan 2\alpha =\] [IIT 1979; EAMCET 2002]

    A) \[\frac{16}{63}\]

    B) \[\frac{56}{33}\]

    C) \[\frac{28}{33}\]

    D) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    We have \[\cos \,(\alpha +\beta )=\frac{4}{5}\] and \[\sin \,(\alpha -\beta )=\frac{5}{13}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\sin \,(\alpha +\beta )=\frac{3}{5}\] and \[\cos \,(\alpha -\beta )=\frac{12}{13}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,2\alpha ={{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{3}{5}+{{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{5}{13}\] \[={{\sin }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{3}{5}\sqrt{1-\frac{25}{169}}+\frac{5}{13}\sqrt{1-\frac{9}{25}} \right]\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,2\alpha ={{\sin }^{-1}}\,\left( \frac{56}{65} \right)\,\Rightarrow \,\sin \,2\alpha =\frac{56}{65}\] Now, \[\tan \,2\alpha =\frac{\sin \,2\alpha }{\cos \,2\alpha }=\frac{56/65}{33/65}=\frac{56}{33}\].


You need to login to perform this action.
You will be redirected in 3 sec spinner