MCQ
The points $(1,{\rm{ }}1)$, $(0,{\sec ^2}\theta ),\,({\rm{cose}}{{\rm{c}}^2}\theta ,{\rm{ }}0)$ are collinear for
  • A
    $\theta = \frac{{n\pi }}{2}$
  • $\theta \ne \frac{{n\pi }}{2}$
  • C
    $\theta = n\pi $
  • D
    None of these

Answer

Correct option: B.
$\theta \ne \frac{{n\pi }}{2}$
b
(b) The given points are collinear, if

Area $ = \frac{1}{2}\,\left| {\,\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}1&1&1\\0&{{{\sec }^2}\theta }&1\\{{\rm{cose}}{{\rm{c}}^2}\theta }&0&1\end{array}\,} \right| = 0$

$ \Rightarrow \,\,1({\sec ^2}\theta ) + 1({\rm{cose}}{{\rm{c}}^2}\theta ) - 1({\rm{cose}}{{\rm{c}}^2}\theta .{\sec ^2}\theta ) = 0$

$ \Rightarrow \,\,\frac{1}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }} + \frac{1}{{{{\sin }^2}\theta }} - \frac{1}{{{{\sin }^2}\theta {{\cos }^2}\theta }} = 0$

$ \Rightarrow \,\,\frac{1}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta {{\sin }^2}\theta }} - \frac{1}{{{{\sin }^2}\theta {{\cos }^2}\theta }} = 0\,\,\, \Rightarrow \,\,0 = 0$

Therefore, the points are collinear for all values of $\theta$, except only $\theta = \frac{{n\pi }}{2}$ because at $\theta = \frac{{n\pi }}{2},\,\,{\sec ^2}\theta = \infty .$

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