Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

The value of $(2 cos^2 θ − 1) [\frac{1+tan θ}{1-tan θ}+\frac{1-tan θ}{1+tan θ}]$ is:

Options:

2

0

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$

1

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

( 2 cos²θ - 1 ) . [ \(\frac{ 1 + tanθ }{1 - tanθ}\) + \(\frac{ 1 - tanθ }{1 + tanθ}\) ]

{ we know,  2 cos²θ - 1 = cos 2θ }

= ( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ (1 + tanθ)² + (1+ tanθ)² }{(1 - tanθ).(1 + tanθ) }\)

= ( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ 1 + tan² θ+ 2 tanθ + 1 + tan² θ- 2 tanθ   }{ 1 - tan² θ  }\)

= ( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ 1 + tan² θ + 1 + tan² θ  }{ 1 - tan² θ  }\)

= ( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ 2( 1 + tan² θ )  }{ 1 - tan² θ  }\)

= 2 ( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ ( cos² θ + sin² θ )  }{ cos² θ - sin² θ  }\)

{ we know, cos² θ + sin² θ = 1 }

= 2( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ 1 }{ cos² θ - sin² θ  }\) 

= 2( cos2θ) × \(\frac{ 1 }{ cos2θ  }\)

= 2