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CBSE 2026 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q28
Prove that: (tan θ)/(1- cot θ)+(cot θ)/(1- tan θ)=1+ tan θ+ cot θ.
Prove that : \[\frac{\tan \theta}{1-\cot \theta}+\frac{\cot \theta}{1-\tan \theta}=1+\tan \theta+\cot \theta . \]
Marking-scheme solution
\[\begin{aligned}
& \text { LHS }=\left(\frac{\dfrac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}}{1-\dfrac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}}\right)+\left(\frac{\dfrac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}}{1-\dfrac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}}\right) \\
& =\frac{\sin ^{2} \theta}{\cos \theta(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}+\frac{\cos ^{2} \theta}{\sin \theta(\cos \theta-\sin \theta)} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^{3} \theta-\cos ^{3} \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)} \\
& =\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^{2} \theta+\cos ^{2} \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta\right)}{\sin \theta \cos \theta(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^{2} \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}+\frac{\cos ^{2} \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}+\frac{\sin \theta \cos \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta} \\
& =\tan \theta+\cot \theta+1=\mathrm{RHS}
\end{aligned}
\]
Sol.
Let centre be \(\displaystyle \mathrm{O}(2,1) \Rightarrow \mathrm{OA}=\mathrm{OB}\)
\[\begin{aligned}
& \sqrt{(5-2)^{2}+(6-1)^{2}}=\sqrt{(-3-2)^{2}+(\mathrm{K}-1)^{2}} \\
& \Rightarrow 9=(\mathrm{K}-1)^{2} \\
& \Rightarrow \mathrm{~K}=-2,4
\end{aligned}
\]
For \(\displaystyle \mathrm{K}=-2, \mathrm{AB}=\sqrt{128}\) or \(\displaystyle 8 \sqrt{2}\)
For \(\displaystyle \mathrm{K}=4, \mathrm{AB}=\sqrt{68}\) or \(\displaystyle 2 \sqrt{17}\)
$\displaystyle 3$ : $\displaystyle 2$
\(\displaystyle \mathrm{AP}: \mathrm{PB}=3: 2\)
Substituting \(\displaystyle \mathrm{x}=2\) and \(\displaystyle \mathrm{y}=1\) in the given equation
L.H.S. \(\displaystyle =\mathrm{x}-3 \mathrm{y}\)
\[=2-3(1)
\]
= -$\displaystyle 1$ = R.H.S.
\(\displaystyle \therefore P\) lies on the given line
\(\displaystyle \mathrm{PA}=\sqrt{(2+1)^{2}+(1-7)^{2}}=\sqrt{45}\) or \(\displaystyle 3 \sqrt{5}\)
\(\displaystyle \mathrm{PB}=\sqrt{(2-4)^{2}+(1+3)^{2}}=\sqrt{20}\) or \(\displaystyle 2 \sqrt{5}\)
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