Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

The value of $\left(\frac{1-\cot \theta}{1-\tan \theta}\right)^2-1$ when $0^{\circ}< \theta<90^{\circ}$, is equal to:

Options:

$\cos ^2-1$

$\sec ^2 \theta+1$

$\cot ^2 \theta-1$

$\sin ^2 \theta-1$

Correct Answer:

$\cot ^2 \theta-1$

Explanation:

( \(\frac{1 - cotθ }{1 - tanθ}\) )2  - 1  

= ( \(\frac{sinθ - cosθ }{sinθ}\) )2  × ( \(\frac{ cosθ }{cosθ - sinθ}\) )2   - 1 
= ( \(\frac{cosθ }{sinθ}\) )2  - 1 

$\cot ^2 \theta-1$