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JEE Main 202117 MarchEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2021
Date
17 March
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Straight Lines

JEE Main 2021 · 17 March · Evening Shift · Mathematics · Straight Lines

Let tanα, tanβ and tanγ; α, β, γ ≠ (( 2n - 1 ) π)/(2), n ∈ N be the...

Let tanα,tanβandtan\alpha, tan\beta andtan\gamma; \alpha, \beta, \gamma \ne \dfrac{( 2n - 1 ) \pi}{2}, n \in Nbetheslopesofthethreelinesegmentsbe the slopes of the three line segmentsOA, OBandandOC,respectively,whererespectively, whereOisorigin.Ifcircumcentreofis origin. If circumcentre of\delta ABCcoincideswithoriginanditsorthocentreliesoncoincides with origin and its orthocentre lies ony−axis,thenthevalueof-axis, then the value of{\left(\dfrac{\cos 3\alpha + \cos 3\beta + \cos 3\gamma}{cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma}\right)}^{2} is equal to :

Correct answer

0

Step-by-step solution

Given, the slopes of the line segments OA,OBandOCOA, OB and OC are respectively, tanα,tanβ and  tanγ,tan\alpha, tan\beta \text{\text{ and } } tan\gamma, then by parametric form the coordinates of the points A,B and  A, B \text{\text{ and } } C can be taken respectively as \left(OAcos\alpha, OAsin\alpha\right), \left(OBcos\beta, OBsin\beta\right) \text{ and } \left(OCcos\gamma, OCsin\gamma\right) .

Given, the circumcentre of the∆ABC∆ ABC is at origin and we know that the circumcentre is equidistant from the vertices of the triangle, hence OA=OB=OC.</p><p>Thecentroidofatrianglewithvertices(x1,y1),OA = OB = OC .</p><p>The centroid of a triangle with vertices \left({x}_{1}, {y}_{1}\right),\left({x}_{2}, {y}_{2}\right)and(x3,y3)and \left({x}_{3}, {y}_{3}\right) is \left(\dfrac{{x}_{1} + {x}_{2} + {x}_{3}}{3}, \dfrac{{y}_{1} + {y}_{2} + {y}_{3}}{3}\right),thusthecentroidofthethus the centroid of the∆ ABCis(OA(∑cosα)3,OA(∑sinα)3).</p><p>Weknowthatis \left(\dfrac{OA\left(∑ cos\alpha\right)}{3}, \dfrac{OA\left(∑ sin\alpha\right)}{3}\right) .</p><p>We know that for any triangle the circumcentre, orthocentre and centroid lie on a line.

Since, the orthocentre and circumcentre both lies ony−axis,hencethecentroidalsolieson-axis, hence the centroid also lies ony−axis,hencethe-axis, hence thex−coordinateofthecentroidiszero.</p><p>-coordinate of the centroid is zero.</p><p>⇒ ∑ cos\alpha = 0</p><p></p><p>⇒ cos\alpha + cos\beta + cos\gamma = 0</p><p>Weknowthat,if</p><p>We know that, ifa + b + c = 0,thenthen{a}^{3} + {b}^{3} + {c}^{3} = 3abc,</p><p></p><p>⇒ \cos^{3}\alpha + \cos^{3}\beta + \cos^{3}\gamma = 3 \cdot cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma</p><p>Now,using</p><p>Now, using\cos 3A = 4\cos^{3}A - 3cosA,wehave</p><p>we have</p><p>{\left(\dfrac{\cos 3\alpha + \cos 3\beta + \cos 3\gamma}{cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma}\right)}^{2} = {\left(\dfrac{4\left(\cos^{3}\alpha + \cos^{3}\beta + \cos^{3}\gamma\right) - 3 (\text{ cos }\alpha +\text{ cos }\beta +\text{ cos }\gamma )}{cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma}\right)}^{2}</p><p></p><p>= {\left(\dfrac{4(3⋅cosα⋅cosβ⋅cosγ)\left(3 \cdot cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma\right) - 3\left(0\right)}{cos\alpha \cdot cos\beta \cdot cos\gamma}\right)}^{2}

=(12)= {\left(12\right)}^{2} = 144 .

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