Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

If $\begin{Bmatrix}\begin{pmatrix}\frac{sec θ−1}{sec θ+1}\end{pmatrix}\end{Bmatrix}^n = cosec θ − cot θ$ , then n = ?

Options:

1

0.5

-1

-0.5

Correct Answer:

0.5

Explanation:

{ ( \(\frac{secθ - 1 }{secθ + 1}\) ) }n = cosecθ - cot θ

Let us assume that , θ = 45º

{ ( \(\frac{sec 45º - 1 }{sec 45º + 1}\) ) }n = cosec 45º - cot  45º

{ ( \(\frac{√2 - 1 }{√2 + 1}\) ) }n = √2 - 1

Rationalizing on LHS

{ ( \(\frac{(√2 - 1)² }{2 - 1 }\) ) }n = √2 - 1

So, to satisfy the given equation .

n must be = 0.5