Test:328 QNo:1

If cotθ = - p/q, then the value of (p cosθ - q sinθ)/(p cosθ + q sinθ) is

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fiona mukherjee ·

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rishabh ·

cos@ / sin@ = -p/q

multiply by cos@/sin@ on both the sides and apply componendo dividendo,
=> (p cos@ - q sin@)/(p cos@ + q sin@) = 1/ cos 2@ = p2 + q2 / p2-q2

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rishabh ·

cos2@ is derived from tan@ = -q/p

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