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Compound angles
Question

If sin3θsin(2θ+α)=cos3θcos(2θ+α) and tan2θ=λtan(3θ+α) then the value of λ is

Moderate
Solution

 We have
sin3θsin(2θ+α)=cos3θcos(2θ+α)=k(let) sin4θsinθsin(2θ+α)=cos4θcosθcos(2θ+α)=k cos4θsin4θ=k[cosθcos(2θ+α)sinθsin(2θ+α)] cos2θ=kcos(3θ+α)-----i

Also,
sin3θcosθsin(2θ+α)cosθ=sinθcos3θsinθcos(2θ+α)=k sin3θcosθ+sinθcos3θ =k(sin(2θ+α)cosθ+sinθcos(2θ+α)) sinθcosθsin2θ+cos2θ=ksin(3θ+α) sin2θ=2ksin(3θ+α)---ii

From (1) and (2), we get 

tan2θ=2tan(3θ+α)

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