Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2012

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    If in\[\Delta \,\,ABC\] \[\frac{2\cos A}{a}+\frac{\cos B}{b}+\frac{2\cos C}{c}=\frac{a}{bc}+\frac{b}{ac}\], then\[{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}\]is equal to

    A) \[{{a}^{2}}\]                                      

    B) \[ac\]

    C) \[bc\]                   

    D)         None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We have,\[\frac{2\cos A}{a}+\frac{\cos B}{b}+\frac{2\cos C}{c}=\frac{a}{bc}+\frac{b}{ac}\] On multiplying both sides by\[abc\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[2bc\,\,\cos \,\,A+ac\,\,\cos \,\,B+2ab\,\,\cos \,\,C={{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[({{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}-{{a}^{2}})+\frac{({{c}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}})}{2}\]                                                                                                    \[+({{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}-{{c}^{2}})={{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[({{c}^{2}}+{{a}^{2}}-{{b}^{2}})=2{{a}^{2}}-2{{b}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}={{a}^{2}}\]


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