If \(x+\frac{1}{x}=2 \sin \alpha\) and \(y+\frac{1}{y}=2 \cos \beta\), then \(x^3 y^3+\frac{1}{x^3 y^3}=\)

If \(x+\frac{1}{x}=2 \sin \alpha\) and \(y+\frac{1}{y}=2 \cos \beta\), then \(x^3 y^3+\frac{1}{x^3 y^3}=\)
  1. \(2 \cos 3(\beta-\alpha)\)
  2. \(2 \cos 3(\beta+\alpha)\)
  3. \(2 \sin 3(\beta-\alpha)\)
  4. \(2 \sin 3(\beta+\alpha)\)

Solution

It is given that \(\begin{array}{l} x+\frac{1}{x}=2 \sin \alpha \Rightarrow x=\sin \alpha+i \cos \alpha=\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha\right) +i \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha\right) \\ \Rightarrow \quad x=e^{i\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha\right)} \end{array}\) and \(y+\frac{1}{y}=2 \cos \beta \Rightarrow y=\cos \beta+i \sin \beta=e^{i \beta}\) Now, \(x^3 y^3=e^{i\left(\frac{3 \pi}{2}-3 \alpha\right)} \cdot e^{i 3 \beta}=e^{i\left(\frac{3 \pi}{2}+(3 \beta-3 \alpha)\right)}\) \(\begin{aligned} & =\cos \left(\frac{3 \pi}{2}+3 \beta-3 \alpha\right)+i \sin \left(\frac{3 \pi}{2}+3 \beta-3 \alpha\right) \\ & =\sin (3 \beta-3 \alpha)-i \cos (3 \beta-3 \alpha) \end{aligned}\) and \(\frac{1}{x^3 y^3}=\sin (3 \beta-3 \alpha)+i \cos (3 \beta-3 \alpha)\) So, \(x^3 y^3+\frac{1}{x^3 y^3}=2 \sin (3 \beta-3 \alpha)=2 \sin 3(\beta-\alpha)\) Hence, option (c) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (23 Apr Shift 1)

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