Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Trigonometry

Question:

Find the value of $\sin ^4 30^{\circ}+\cos ^4 30^{\circ}-\sin 25^{\circ} \cos 65^{\circ}-\sin 65^{\circ} \cos 25^{\circ}$.

Options:

$-\frac{3}{8}$

0

$\frac{5}{8}$

$\frac{13}{8}$

Correct Answer:

$-\frac{3}{8}$

Explanation:

sin4 30º + cos4 30º - sin25º.cos65º - sin65º.cos25º

{ using , sin ( A + B ) = sinA.cosB + cosA.sinB }

= (\(\frac{1}{2}\))4 + (\(\frac{√3}{2}\))4 - sin ( 25º + 65º )

= \(\frac{1}{16}\) + \(\frac{9}{16}\) - 1

= \(\frac{10}{16}\) - 1 

= - \(\frac{6}{16}\)

= - \(\frac{3}{8}\)