Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

If cot A = k, then sin A is equal to :

(presume that A is an acute angle)

Options:

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+k^2}}$

$\frac{k^2}{\sqrt{1+k^2}}$

$\frac{1}{k}$

$-\frac{1}{k}$

Correct Answer:

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+k^2}}$

Explanation:

cot A = k

{ cot A = \(\frac{B }{P}\) }

By pythagoras theorem,

P² + B² = H²

1² + k² = H²

H = \(\sqrt { 1 + k² }\)

Now,

sinA

= \(\frac{P }{H}\)

= \(\frac{1 }{ \sqrt { 1 + k² }\}\)