Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be two real roots of the equation $(\mathrm{k}+1) \tan ^2 x-\sqrt{2} \lambda \tan…

Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be two real roots of the equation $(\mathrm{k}+1) \tan ^2 x-\sqrt{2} \lambda \tan x=(1-\mathrm{k})$ where $\mathrm{k}(\neq-1)$ and $\lambda$ are real numbers. If $\tan ^2(\alpha+\beta)=50$, then a value of $\lambda$ is
  1. $5 \sqrt{2}$
  2. $10 \sqrt{2}$
  3. 10
  4. 5

Solution

Given equation is $\begin{aligned} & (\mathrm{k}+1) \tan ^2 x-\sqrt{2} \lambda \tan x=(1-\mathrm{k}) \quad \ldots (i) \\ & \Rightarrow(\mathrm{k}+1) \tan ^2 x-\sqrt{2} \lambda \tan x+(\mathrm{k}-1)=0 \quad \ldots (ii) \end{aligned}$ $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are two real roots. $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad & \tan \alpha+\tan \beta=\frac{\sqrt{2} \lambda}{k+1} \\ & \tan \alpha \cdot \tan \beta=\frac{k-1}{k+1} \end{aligned}$ Now, $\tan (\alpha+\beta)=\frac{\tan \alpha+\tan \beta}{1-\tan \alpha \tan \beta}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{\frac{\sqrt{2} \lambda}{\mathrm{k}+1}}{1-\frac{(\mathrm{k}-1)}{\mathrm{k}+1}} \\ & =\frac{\sqrt{2} \lambda}{2} \end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \tan (\alpha+\beta)=\frac{\lambda}{\sqrt{2}} \\ & \Rightarrow \tan ^2(\alpha+\beta)=\frac{\lambda^2}{2} \\ & \Rightarrow 50=\frac{\lambda^2}{2} \\ & \Rightarrow \lambda^2=100 \\ & \Rightarrow \lambda=10\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (03 May Shift 2)

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