CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    If\[\alpha \]and\[\beta \]are complex cube roots of unity and \[x=a\alpha +b\beta ,\text{ }y=a+b,\text{ }z=\alpha \beta +b\alpha ,\]then\[xyz\] is equal to:

    A)  \[a+b\]               

    B)         \[a-b\]

    C)  \[{{a}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\]                  

    D)         \[{{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}}\]

    E)  \[{{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    \[\therefore \] \[xyz=(a\alpha +b\beta )(a+b)(a\beta +b\alpha )\] \[=(a+b)({{a}^{2}}\alpha \beta +ab{{a}^{2}}+ab{{\beta }^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}\alpha \beta )\] \[=(a+b)({{a}^{2}}-ab-{{b}^{2}})\] \[={{a}^{3}}+{{b}^{3}}\]


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