The maximum value of the expression $\frac{1}{\sin ^2 \theta+3 \sin \theta \cos \theta+5 \cos ^2 \theta}$ is

The maximum value of the expression $\frac{1}{\sin ^2 \theta+3 \sin \theta \cos \theta+5 \cos ^2 \theta}$ is

Solution

Let $ \begin{aligned} & f(\theta)=\frac{1}{\sin ^2 \theta+3 \sin \theta \cos \theta+5 \cos ^2 \theta} \\ & \text { Again let } \\ & g(\theta)=\sin ^2 \theta+3 \sin \theta \cos \theta+5 \cos ^2 \theta \\ & =\frac{1-\cos 2 \theta}{2}+5\left(\frac{1+\cos 2 \theta}{2}\right)+\frac{3}{2} \sin 2 \theta \\ & =3+2 \cos 2 \theta+\frac{3}{2} \sin 2 \theta \\ & \therefore \quad g(\theta)_{\min }=3-\sqrt{4+\frac{9}{4}}=3-\frac{5}{2}=\frac{1}{2} \\ & \therefore \quad f(\theta)=\frac{1}{g(\theta)_{\min }}=2 \end{aligned} $

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2010 (Paper 1)

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