Practicing Success
If $Δ=\begin{vmatrix}\cos α&-\sin α&1\\\sin α&\cos α&1\\\cos(α+β)&-\sin(α+β)&1\end{vmatrix}$, then |
$Δ∈[1 -\sqrt{2},1+ \sqrt{2}]$ $Δ∈[-1,1]$ $Δ∈[-\sqrt{2},\sqrt{2}]$ none of these |
$Δ∈[1 -\sqrt{2},1+ \sqrt{2}]$ |
We have $Δ=\begin{vmatrix}\cos α&-\sin α&1\\\sin α&\cos α&1\\\cos(α+β)&-\sin(α+β)&1\end{vmatrix}$ $Δ=1+ \sin β-\cos β$. Now, $-\sqrt{2}≤ \sin β-\cos β≤ \sqrt{2}$ $⇒1-\sqrt{2}≤1+\sin β-\cos β≤1+\sqrt{2}$ $⇒Δ∈[1 -\sqrt{2},1+ \sqrt{2}]$ |