Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

If $sin\theta = √3cos \theta $, then what is the value of $\frac{3sin^2\theta +cos\theta}{2cos\theta +5}$ ?

Options:

19/25

18/5

11/24

3/2

Correct Answer:

11/24

Explanation:

$sin\theta = √3cos \theta $

$\frac{sin\theta}{cos\theta}$ = $\sqrt{3}$

$tan\theta = \sqrt{3}$ ⇒ $\theta = 60°$

Thus, $\frac{3sin^2\theta +cos\theta}{2cos\theta +5}$

= $\frac{3sin^260° +cos60°}{2cos60° +5}$

= $\frac{3.\frac{3}{4} + \frac{1}{2}}{2.\frac{1}{2} + 5}$

= $\frac{11}{24}$