If \(A B C\) is not a right angled triangle and \(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-A\right) \sin…

If \(A B C\) is not a right angled triangle and \(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-A\right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-B\right)=-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}} \operatorname{cosec}\left(\frac{\pi}{4}-C\right)\), then \(\tan A \tan B+\tan B \tan C+\tan C \tan A=\)
  1. \(\cot A+\cot B+\cot C\)
  2. \(\tan A+\tan B+\tan C\)
  3. \(\frac{1}{\tan A+\tan B+\tan C}\)
  4. \(\frac{1}{\cot A+\cot B+\cot C}\)

Solution

Given, \(A+B+C=\pi\) We know that, \(\cos (A+B+C)=\cos A \cos B \cos C(l-\tan A \tan B\) \(-\tan B \tan C-\tan A \tan C)\) and \(\tan A+\tan B+\tan C=\tan A \tan B \tan C\) Now, \(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-A\right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-B\right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-C\right)=-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}\) \(\Rightarrow\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^3(\cos A-\sin A)(\cos B-\sin B)\) \((\cos C-\sin C)=-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}\) \(\Rightarrow \cos A \cos B \cos C(1-\tan A)(1-\tan B)\) \((1-\tan C)=-1\) \(\Rightarrow \cos A \cos B \cos C(1-\tan A-\tan B-\tan C\) \(+\tan A \tan B+\tan B \tan C+\tan A \tan C\) \(-\tan A \tan B \tan C)\) \(=\cos A \cos B \cos C(1-\tan A \tan B\) \(-\tan B \tan C-\tan A \tan C)\) \(=\cos (A+B+C)\) \((\because A+B+C=\pi)\) \(\Rightarrow 1-2(\tan A+\tan B+\tan C)+\tan A \tan B\) \(+\tan B \tan C+\tan A \tan C\) \(=\mathrm{l}-\tan A \tan B-\tan B \tan C-\tan A \tan C\) \(\Rightarrow-2(\tan A+\tan B+\tan C)=-2(\tan A \tan B\) \(+\tan B \tan C+\tan A \tan C)\) \(\Rightarrow \tan A \tan B+\tan B \tan C+\tan A \tan C\) \(=\tan A+\tan B+\tan C\)

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (22 Apr Shift 1)

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