If $\sin (y+z-x), \sin (z+x-y)$ and $\sin (x+y-z)$ are in A.P., then

If $\sin (y+z-x), \sin (z+x-y)$ and $\sin (x+y-z)$ are in A.P., then
  1. $2 \tan y=\tan x-\tan z$
  2. $\tan y=\tan x+\tan z$
  3. $2 \tan y=\tan x+\tan z$
  4. $\tan y=\tan x-\tan z$

Solution

As $\sin (y+z-x), \sin (z+x-y)$ and $\sin (x+y-z)$ are in A.P. $\therefore \sin (z+x-y)-\sin (y+z-x)=\sin (x+y-z)-\sin (z+x-y)$ $\Rightarrow 2 \cos z \sin (x-y)=2 \cos x \sin (y-z)$ $\Rightarrow \cos z \sin (x-y)=\cos x \sin (y-z)$ $\Rightarrow \frac{\cos z \sin (x-y)}{\cos x \cos y \cos z}=\frac{\cos x \sin (y-z)}{\cos x \cos y \cos z}$ $\Rightarrow \frac{\sin (x-y)}{\cos x \cos y}=\frac{\sin (y-z)}{\cos y \cos z}$ Using $\frac{\sin (A-B)}{\cos A \cos B}=\tan A-\tan B$ $\Rightarrow \tan x-\tan y=\tan y-\tan z$ $\Rightarrow \tan y-\tan x=\tan z-\tan y$ $\therefore \tan x, \tan y \operatorname{and} \tan z \operatorname{are}$ in A.P.

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (15 Oct Shift 2)

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