If $\theta+\phi=\alpha$ and $\tan \theta=\mathrm{k} \tan \phi$ (where $\mathrm{K}>1)$, then the value of…

If $\theta+\phi=\alpha$ and $\tan \theta=\mathrm{k} \tan \phi$ (where $\mathrm{K}>1)$, then the value of $\sin (\theta-\phi)$ is
  1. $\mathrm{k} \tan \phi$
  2. $\sin \alpha$
  3. $\left(\frac{\mathrm{k}-1}{\mathrm{k}+1}\right) \sin \alpha$
  4. $\mathrm{k} \cos \phi$

Solution

We have $\tan \theta=\mathrm{k} \tan \phi$ and $\theta+\phi=\alpha$ $\therefore \frac{\tan \theta}{\tan \phi}=\frac{k}{1}$ By Componendo Dividendo, we get $\begin{aligned} & \frac{\tan \theta+\tan \phi}{\tan \theta-\tan \phi}=\frac{\mathrm{k}+1}{\mathrm{k}-1} \\ & \therefore \frac{\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}+\frac{\sin \phi}{\cos \phi}}{\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}-\frac{\sin \phi}{\cos \phi}}=\frac{k+1}{k-1} \\ & \therefore \frac{\sin \cos \phi+\cos \theta \sin \phi}{\sin \theta \cos \phi-\cos \theta \sin \phi}=\frac{k+1}{k-1} \\ & \therefore \frac{\sin (\theta+\phi)}{\sin (\theta-\phi)}=\frac{\mathrm{k}+1}{\mathrm{k}-1} \Rightarrow \frac{\sin \alpha}{\sin (\theta-\phi)}=\frac{\mathrm{k}+1}{\mathrm{k}-1} \\ & \therefore \sin (\theta-\phi)=\frac{\mathrm{k}-1}{\mathrm{k}+1}(\sin \alpha) \\ & \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (21 Sep Shift 2)

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