Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If\[a>0,\,\,b>0\]the maximum area of the triangle formed by the points\[O(0,\,\,0)\]\[A(a\cos \theta ,\,\,b\sin \theta )\]and\[B(a\cos \theta ,\,\,-b\sin \theta )\]is (in sq unit)

    A) \[\frac{ab}{2}\]when\[\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    B) \[\frac{3ab}{4}\]when\[\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    C) \[\frac{ab}{2}\]when\[\theta =-\frac{\pi }{2}\]

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

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Area of\[\Delta =\frac{1}{2}\left| \left| \begin{matrix}    0 & 0 & 1  \\    a\cos \theta  & b\sin \theta  & 1  \\    a\cos \theta  & -b\sin \theta  & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right| \right|\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\Delta =\frac{1}{2}|[1(-ab\sin \theta \cos \theta \]\[-ab\sin \theta \cos \theta )]|\]                 \[=\frac{ab\sin 2\theta }{2}\] Since, maximum value of\[\sin 2\theta \]is 1, when\[\theta =\frac{\pi }{4}\] \[\therefore \]  \[{{\Delta }_{\max }}=\frac{ab}{2}\]


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