Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

If $cos^ 2 θ − sin^2 θ =  tan^2 ϕ$ then which of the following is true?

Options:

$cos θ cos ϕ = 1$

$cos^ 2 ϕ − sin^2 ϕ = tan^2 θ$

$cos^ 2 ϕ − sin^2 ϕ = cot^2 θ$

$cos θ cos ϕ = \sqrt{2}$

Correct Answer:

$cos^ 2 ϕ − sin^2 ϕ = tan^2 θ$

Explanation:

cos²θ - sin²θ = tan²Φ

 \(\frac{cos²θ - sin²θ}{1}\) =  \(\frac{sin²Φ}{cos²Φ}\)

\(\frac{cos²θ - sin²θ}{cos²θ +sin²θ}\) =  \(\frac{sin²Φ}{cos²Φ}\)

Using componendo and dividendo,

\(\frac{cos²θ }{-sin²θ}\) =  \(\frac{sin²Φ + cos²Φ}{sin²Φ - cos²Φ}\)

\(\frac{sin²θ }{cos²θ}\) =  \(\frac{cos²Φ - sin²Φ}{sin²Φ + cos²Φ}\)

tan²θ = cos²Φ - sin²Φ