CET Karnataka Engineering CET - Karnataka Engineering Solved Paper-2004

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    If \[x+\frac{1}{x}=2\cos \alpha \] then \[{{x}^{n}}+\frac{1}{{{x}^{n}}}\] is equal to :

    A)  \[{{2}^{n}}\cos \alpha \]                             

    B)  \[{{2}^{n}}\cos n\alpha \]

    C)  \[2i\sin n\alpha \]                          

    D)  \[2\cos \,n\alpha \]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given that \[x+\frac{1}{x}=2\cos \alpha \] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{x}^{2}}-2\cos \alpha +1=0\]                 \[x=\frac{+2\cos \pm \sqrt{4{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha -4}}{2}\]                 \[x=\cos \alpha +i\sin \alpha \] Now,           \[{{x}^{n}}={{(\cos \alpha +i\sin \alpha )}^{n}}=\cos n\,\alpha +i\sin \,n\,\alpha \] and   \[\frac{1}{{{x}^{n}}}={{(\cos \alpha -i\sin \alpha )}^{n}}=\cos n\,\alpha -i\sin \,n\,\alpha \]                 \[\therefore \,\,{{x}^{n}}+\frac{1}{{{x}^{n}}}=\cos \,n\,\alpha +i\sin \,n\,\alpha \]                                                 \[+\,\cos \,n\,\alpha -i\sin \,n\,\alpha \]                                 \[=2\cos \,n\,\alpha \]


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