Let \(\frac{\pi }{2}
Let \(\frac{\pi }{2}
\(\frac{\sqrt{11}+1}{2\sqrt{3}}\)
- Simplify the trigonometric expression
Let the given expression be \(E\).
\(E=(\sin \frac{11x}{2})(\sin 6x−\cos 6x)+(\cos \frac{11x}{2})(\sin 6x+\cos 6x)\)
Expand the terms:
\(E=\sin \frac{11x}{2}\sin 6x−\sin \frac{11x}{2}\cos 6x+\cos \frac{11x}{2}\sin 6x+\cos \frac{11x}{2}\cos 6x\)
Rearrange the terms to group familiar identities:
\(E=(\cos \frac{11x}{2}\cos 6x+\sin \frac{11x}{2}\sin 6x)+(\cos \frac{11x}{2}\sin 6x−\sin \frac{11x}{2}\cos 6x)\)
We recognize the cosine difference formula
\(\cos (A−B)=\cos A\cos B+\sin A\sin B\) and
the sine difference formula
\(\sin (B−A)=\sin B\cos A−\cos B\sin A\).
Let \(A=\frac{11x}{2}\) and \(B=6x\).
The first part is \(\cos (\frac{11x}{2}−6x)\).
The second part is \(\sin (6x−\frac{11x}{2})\).
Calculate the arguments:
\(A−B=\frac{11x}{2}−\frac{12x}{2}=−\frac{x}{2}\)
\(B−A=\frac{12x}{2}−\frac{11x}{2}=\frac{x}{2}\)
Substitute these back into the expression:
\(E=\cos (−\frac{x}{2})+\sin (\frac{x}{2})\)
Since cosine is an even function
, \(\cos (−\theta )=\cos (\theta )\):
\(E=\cos (\frac{x}{2})+\sin (\frac{x}{2})\)
- Determine \(\sin x\) and \(\cos x\) from the given \(\cot x\)
We are given \(\cot x=−\frac{5}{\sqrt{11}}\) and \(\frac{\pi }{2} The condition \(\frac{\pi }{2} in the second quadrant. In the second quadrant, \(\sin x>0\) and \(\cos x<0\). We can construct a right triangle where the adjacent side is 5 and the opposite side is \(\sqrt{11}\) (ignoring the sign for now). The hypotenuse \(h\) is calculated using the Pythagorean theorem: \(h=\sqrt{{5}^{2}+(\sqrt{11}{)}^{2}}=\sqrt{25+11}=\sqrt{36}=6\) Now, we can find \(\sin x\) and \(\cos x\): \(\sin x=\frac{\text{opposite}}{\text{hypotenuse}}=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{6}\) \(\cos x=\frac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{hypotenuse}}=\frac{5}{6}\) Applying the signs for the second quadrant: \(\sin x=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{6}\) \(\cos x=−\frac{5}{6}\) Given \(\frac{\pi }{2} \(\frac{\pi }{4}<\frac{x}{2}<\frac{\pi }{2}\) This means \(\frac{x}{2}\) is in the first quadrant. In the first quadrant, both \(\sin (\frac{x}{2})\) and \(\cos (\frac{x}{2})\) are positive. We use the half-angle formulas: \({\sin }^{2}(\frac{x}{2})=\frac{1−\cos x}{2}\) \({\cos }^{2}(\frac{x}{2})=\frac{1+\cos x}{2}\) Substitute the value of \(\cos x=−\frac{5}{6}\): \({\sin }^{2}(\frac{x}{2})=\frac{1−(−\frac{5}{6})}{2}=\frac{1+\frac{5}{6}}{2}=\frac{\frac{6+5}{6}}{2}=\frac{\frac{11}{6}}{2}=\frac{11}{12}\) Since \(\sin (\frac{x}{2})>0\): \(\sin (\frac{x}{2})=\sqrt{\frac{11}{12}}=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{\sqrt{4⋅3}}=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{2\sqrt{3}}\) And for \(\cos (\frac{x}{2})\): \({\cos }^{2}(\frac{x}{2})=\frac{1+(−\frac{5}{6})}{2}=\frac{1−\frac{5}{6}}{2}=\frac{\frac{6−5}{6}}{2}=\frac{\frac{1}{6}}{2}=\frac{1}{12}\) Since \(\cos (\frac{x}{2})>0\): \(\cos (\frac{x}{2})=\sqrt{\frac{1}{12}}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4⋅3}}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}\) Now substitute the values of \(\sin (\frac{x}{2})\) and \(\cos (\frac{x}{2})\) into the simplified expression \(E\): \(E=\cos (\frac{x}{2})+\sin (\frac{x}{2})\) \(E=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}+\frac{\sqrt{11}}{2\sqrt{3}}\) \(E=\frac{1+\sqrt{11}}{2\sqrt{3}}\) Comparing this result with the given options: A: \(\frac{\sqrt{11}−1}{2\sqrt{3}}\) B: \(\frac{\sqrt{11}+1}{2\sqrt{3}}\) C: \(\frac{\sqrt{11}+1}{3\sqrt{2}}\) D: \(\frac{\sqrt{11}−1}{3\sqrt{2}}\) The calculated value matches option B. The final answer is \(\text{B }\frac{\sqrt{11}+1}{2\sqrt{3}}\).
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