RAJASTHAN ­ PET Rajasthan PET Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    If\[a=\cos \alpha +i\sin \alpha ,\]\[b=\cos \beta +i\sin \beta ,\]\[c=\cos \gamma +i\sin \gamma \]and\[\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}+\frac{a}{b}=1\]then \[\cos (\beta -\gamma )+\cos (\gamma -\alpha )+\cos (\alpha -\beta )\]is equal to

    A)  \[\frac{3}{2}\]

    B)  \[-\frac{3}{2}\]

    C)  \[0\]

    D)  1

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Given,\[a=cos\text{ }\alpha +i\text{ }sin\text{ }\alpha ,\text{ }b=cos\text{ }\beta +i\text{ }sin\text{ }\beta \] and\[c=cos\text{ }\gamma +2\text{ }sin\,\gamma \] Now, \[\frac{b}{c}=\frac{\cos \beta +i\sin \beta }{\cos \gamma +i\sin \gamma }\times \frac{\cos \gamma -i\sin \gamma }{\cos \gamma -i\sin \gamma }\] \[=\frac{\left[ \begin{align}   & \cos \beta \cos \gamma -i\cos \beta \sin \gamma  \\  & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,+i\sin \beta \cos \gamma -{{i}^{2}}\sin \beta \sin \gamma  \\ \end{align} \right]}{{{\cos }^{2}}\gamma +{{\sin }^{2}}\gamma }\] \[=\cos (\beta -\gamma )+i\sin (\beta -\gamma )\] ?.(i) Similarly, \[\frac{c}{a}=\cos (\gamma -\alpha )+i\sin (\gamma -\alpha )\] ?.(ii) and\[\frac{a}{b}=\cos (\alpha -\beta )+i\sin (\alpha -\beta )\] ...(iii) On adding Eqs. (i), (ii) and (iii), \[\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}=\cos (\beta -\gamma )+\cos (\alpha -\beta )+\cos (\gamma -\alpha )\] \[+i[\sin (\alpha -\beta )+\sin (\beta -\gamma )+\sin (\gamma -\alpha )]=1\] Comparing the real and imaginary parts, \[\cos (\beta -\gamma )+\cos (\alpha -\beta )+\cos (\gamma -\alpha )=1\]


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