Trigonometry!

Geometry Level 4

0.6 sin x cos y + cos x + 0.8 sin x sin y = 2 \large 0.6 \sin{x} \cos{y} + \cos{x} + 0.8 \sin{x} \sin{y} = \sqrt{2}

For some x , y R x, y \in \mathbb R , the equation above holds true. Find the value of 6 tan 2 x + 81 tan 2 y { 6 \tan^2{x} + 81 \tan^2{y}} .


The answer is 150.

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2 solutions

By Cauchy Schwartz Inequality ,

( 0. 6 2 + 1 2 + 0. 8 2 ) ( sin 2 x cos 2 y + cos 2 x + sin 2 x sin 2 y ) ( 0.6 sin x cos y + cos x + 0.8 sin x sin y ) 2 (0.6^2 +1^2+ 0.8^2)(\sin^2 x \cos^2 y + \cos^2 x + \sin^2 x \sin^2 y) \geq (0.6\sin x \cos y + \cos x + 0.8\sin x \sin y )^2

2 2 \implies 2 \geq 2

Thus since equality holds, we get sin 2 x = 1 \sin^2x =1 and sin 2 y = 0.64 \sin^2 y = 0.64 making final answer to be 150. 150.

More or less we did the same thing :p

Sumanth R Hegde - 4 years, 3 months ago

Yep thats the proof of Cauchy Schwartz!

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 3 months ago

You need to put a backslash "\" in front sin and cos to turn out right in LaTex, just like \ge or \geq. But you need to leave a space before x and y. \sin x sin x \sin x and sinx s i n x sinx . See the difference, sin is a function and is not supposed to be in italic. Also the space between sin and x.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 3 months ago

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Ohk thanks sir I'll keep that in mind next time.

Harsh Shrivastava - 4 years, 3 months ago

Good solution I did it like this s i n x s i n ( y + @ ) + c o s x = 2 sinxsin(y+@)+cosx=√2 where s i n @ = 3 / 5 sin@=3/5 .Next the max value must be 1 + s i n 2 ( y + @ ) < = 2 √1+sin^2(y+@)<=√2 .So s i n x sinx =1/√2.and y + @ = 90.... y+@=90....

Spandan Senapati - 4 years, 3 months ago
Sumanth R Hegde
Mar 3, 2017

Consider the vectors A = sin x cos y i ^ + cos x j ^ + sin x sin y k ^ \overrightarrow{ \rm A} = \sin{x} \cos{y}~ \hat{i} + \cos{x} ~ \hat{j} + \sin{x} \sin{y}~ \hat{k} and B = 0.6 i ^ + 1 j ^ + 0.8 k ^ \overrightarrow{ \rm B } = 0.6 ~\hat{i} + 1~\hat{j }+ 0.8~ \hat{ k}

Angle between the vectors would be c o s θ = A B m o d A × m o d B cos{ \theta} = \dfrac{ \overrightarrow{\rm A} \cdot \overrightarrow{ \rm B } }{ \mod{ \overrightarrow{\rm A} } × \mod{ \overrightarrow { \rm B } } }

Note that m o d A = 1 , m o d B = 2 \mod{ \overrightarrow{ \rm A} }= 1 , \mod{ \overrightarrow{ \rm B }} = \sqrt{2} . Thus we get

cos θ = 0.6 sin x cos y + cos x + 0.8 sin x sin y 2 \cos{ \theta} = \dfrac{ 0.6 \sin{x} \cos{y} + \cos{x} + 0.8 \sin{x} \sin{y}}{ \sqrt{2} }

From the given equation, we get that c o s θ = 1 cos { \theta} = 1 .Thus the lines are p a r a l l e l \color{#3D99F6}{parallel} !!!

sin x cos y 0.6 = cos x 1 = sin x sin y 0.8 \therefore \dfrac { \sin{x} \cos{y} }{ 0.6} = \dfrac{ \cos{x} }{ 1} = \dfrac{ \sin{x} \sin{y}}{ 0.8}

On solving, we get tan 2 x = 1 , tan 2 y = 16 9 \tan^2{x} = 1 , \tan^2{y} = \dfrac{16}{9}

Thus 6 tan 2 x + 81 tan 2 y = 150 \color{#3D99F6}{ 6 \tan^2{x} + 81\tan^2{y} } = 150

Did the same! :)

Prakhar Bindal - 4 years, 3 months ago

Good visualization.......

Spandan Senapati - 4 years, 3 months ago

Did the same way but later noticed that if you combine the sinx terms you get one sine and then by simplifying that further using similar procedure you get the same equations

Anirudh Chandramouli - 4 years, 3 months ago

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