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JEE MAIN 2019
09-01-2019_TE_S2
Question
If $0 \leq x<\frac{\pi}{2}$, then the number of values of $x$ for which $\sin x-\sin 2 x+\sin 3 x=0$, is
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A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
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Solution
$\begin{aligned} & \sin x-\sin 2 x+\sin 3 x=0 \\ & \sin x-2 \sin x \cdot \cos x+3 \sin x-4 \sin ^3 x=0 \\ & 4 \sin x-4 \sin ^3 x-2 \sin x \cdot \cos x=0 \\ & 2 \sin x\left(1-\sin ^2 x\right)-\sin x \cdot \cos x=0 \\ & 2 \sin x \cdot \cos ^2 x-\sin x \cdot \cos x=0 \\ & \sin x \cdot \cos x(2 \cos x-1)=0 \\ & \sin x=0, \cos x=0, \cos x=\frac{1}{2} \\ & x=0, \frac{\pi}{3} \quad x \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)\end{aligned}$
Question Tags
JEE Main
Mathematics
Easy
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