If $A=\{θ:2 \cos^2 θ+ \sin θ ≤2\}$ and $B=\{θ:\frac{π}{2}≤θ ≤\frac{3π}{2}\}$ then AB is equal to
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
We have,
$2 \cos^2θ+ \sin θ≤2$
$⇒2(1- \sin^2θ) + \sin θ ≤2$
$⇒2\sin^2θ-\sin θ≥0$
$⇒\sin θ (2 \sin θ-1) ≥0$
$⇒\sin θ≥0$ and $2\sin θ-1≥0$ or,
$⇒\sin θ≤0$ and $2\sin θ-1≤0$
CASE I When $\sin θ>0$ and $2\sin θ-1 >0$
In this case, we have
$\sin θ≥0$ and $2\sin θ-1≥0$
$⇒\sin θ≥0$ and $2\sin θ≥\frac{1}{2}$
$⇒\frac{π}{6}≤θ≤\frac{5π}{6}$
$∴A∩B=\{θ:π/2≤θ≤5π/6\}$ $[∵B=\{θ:π/2≤θ≤3π/2\}]$
CASE II When $\sin θ≤0$ and $2 \sin θ-1≤0$
In this case, we have
$⇒\sin θ≤0$ and $2\sin θ-1≤0$
$⇒\sin θ≤0$ and $2\sin θ≤\frac{1}{2}$
$⇒\sin θ≤0$
$⇒π≤θ≤2π$
$∴A∩B=\{θ:π≤θ≤3π/2\}$ $[∵B=\{θ:π/2≤θ≤3π/2\}]$
Thus, $A∩B=\{θ:π/2≤θ≤5π/6\}∪\{θ:π≤θ≤3π/2\}$