Question

The number of real solutions of the equation $${\cos ^7}x + {\sin ^4}x = 1$$    in the interval $$\left[ { - \pi ,\pi } \right]$$  is

A. 2
B. 3  
C. 5
D. None of these
Answer :   3
Solution :
As $${\cos ^2}x + {\sin ^2}x = 1,{\sin^2}x \geqslant {\sin ^4}x$$       (equality holding when $$\sin x = 0$$  )
and $${\cos^2}x \geqslant {\cos ^7}x$$   (equality holding when $$\cos x = 0$$  )
we find that $${\cos ^7}x + {\sin ^4}x = 1$$    can hold only when
$$\cos x = 0\,\,\,\,{\text{or, }}\sin x = 0\left( {x \ne \pi , - \pi } \right).$$
So, $$x = - \frac{\pi }{2},\frac{\pi }{2},0.$$

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Releted Question 1

If $$\tan \theta = - \frac{4}{3},$$   then $$\sin \theta $$  is

A. $$ - \frac{4}{5}{\text{ but not }}\frac{4}{5}$$
B. $$ - \frac{4}{5}{\text{ or }}\frac{4}{5}$$
C. $$ \frac{4}{5}{\text{ but not }} - \frac{4}{5}$$
D. None of these
Releted Question 2

If $$\alpha + \beta + \gamma = 2\pi ,$$    then

A. $$\tan \frac{\alpha }{2} + \tan \frac{ \beta }{2} + \tan \frac{\gamma }{2} = \tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\tan \frac{\beta }{2}\tan \frac{\gamma }{2}$$
B. $$\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\tan \frac{\beta }{2} + \tan \frac{\beta }{2}\tan \frac{\gamma }{2} + \tan \frac{\gamma }{2}\tan \frac{\alpha }{2} = 1$$
C. $$\tan \frac{\alpha }{2} + \tan \frac{ \beta }{2} + \tan \frac{\gamma }{2} = - \tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\tan \frac{\beta }{2}\tan \frac{\gamma }{2}$$
D. None of these
Releted Question 3

Given $$A = {\sin ^2}\theta + {\cos ^4}\theta $$    then for all real values of $$\theta $$

A. $$1 \leqslant A \leqslant 2$$
B. $$\frac{3}{4} \leqslant A \leqslant 1$$
C. $$\frac{13}{16} \leqslant A \leqslant 1$$
D. $$\frac{3}{4} \leqslant A \leqslant \frac{{13}}{{16}}$$
Releted Question 4

The value of the expression $$\sqrt 3 \,{\text{cosec}}\,{\text{2}}{{\text{0}}^ \circ } - \sec {20^ \circ }$$     is equal to

A. 2
B. $$\frac{{2\sin {{20}^ \circ }}}{{\sin {{40}^ \circ }}}$$
C. 4
D. $$\frac{{4\sin {{20}^ \circ }}}{{\sin {{40}^ \circ }}}$$

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