Homework Help: maths (trigonometry)

Posted by marley on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 11:53pm.

please solve these if possible

Q1. If sinx +siny=3(cosy-cosx) then the value of sin3x/sin3y.
Q2. If sina ,cosa,and tan a are in g.p.then cos cubea+cos square a is equal to

maths (trigonometry) - Anonymous, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 1:43am
Q1.

From the given relation, we can write, 3 cos x + sin x = 3 cos y - sin y

put r cos α=3 and r sin α = 1 , then we get , r = √ 10, tanα= 1/3

so r cos ( x - α) = r cos (x+α)

x = - y or x = ±(y+α)

clearly x = - y satisfies the equation

therefore, x = - y

so 3x = -3y

sin 3x = sin (-3y) = - sin 3y

sin 3x / sin 3y = -1
maths (trigonometry) - Anonymous, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 1:44am
α= Greek letter Alpha
maths (trigonometry) - Mgraph, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 9:58am
Q2)Because sina, cosa, tana - g.p.

cos^2(a)=sina*tana=sin^2(a)/cosa
cos^2(a)=(1-cos^2(a))/cosa

cos^3(a)=1-cos^2(a)

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