MCQ
Given that $\cos \left( {\frac{{\alpha - \beta }}{2}} \right) = 2\cos \left( {\frac{{\alpha + B}}{2}} \right)$, then $\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\tan \frac{\beta }{2} $ is equal to
  • A
    $\frac{1}{2}$
  • $1\over3$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{4}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{8}$

Answer

Correct option: B.
$1\over3$
b
(b) $\cos \left( {\frac{{\alpha - \beta }}{2}} \right) = 2\cos \left( {\frac{{\alpha + \beta }}{2}} \right)$ 

==> $\cos \frac{\alpha }{2}\cos \frac{\beta }{2} + \sin \frac{\alpha }{2}\sin \frac{\beta }{2} = 2\cos \frac{\alpha }{2}\cos \frac{\beta }{2} - 2\sin \frac{\alpha }{2}\sin \frac{\beta }{2}$

$ \Rightarrow 3\sin \frac{\alpha }{2}\sin \frac{\beta }{2} = \cos \frac{\alpha }{2}\cos \frac{\beta }{2}$ 

==> $\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}\tan \frac{\beta }{2} = \frac{1}{3}$.

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