Practicing Success
If $cosec^{-1}x + cosec^{-1}y + cosec^{-1}z = -\frac{3\pi}{2}, $ then $\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z}+\frac{z}{x}= $ |
1 -3 3 $\frac{3}{2}$ |
3 |
We know that the minimum value of $cosec^{-1} x$ is $-\frac{\pi}{2}$ which is attained at x = -1 ∴ $cosec^{-1} x + cosec^{-1}y + cosec^{-1} z=-\frac{3\pi}{2}$ $⇒ cosec^{-1} x + cosec^{-1}+cosec^{-1}z = \left(-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)+\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)+\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ $⇒ cosec^{-1}x=-\frac{\pi}{2}, cosec^{-1}y = -\frac{\pi}{2}, cosec^{-1}z =-\frac{\pi}{2}$ $ ⇒x = -1, y = -1, z = -1 $ $∴\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z}+\frac{z}{x}=\frac{(-1)}{(-1)}+\frac{(-1)}{(-1)}+\frac{(-1)}{(-1)}= 3$ |