Trigonometric Identities Question 321

Question: If $ \tan \frac{\theta }{2}=t, $ then $ \frac{1-t^{2}}{1+t^{2}} $ is equal to

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Options:

A) $ \cos \theta $

B) $ \sin \theta $

C) $ \sec \theta $

D) $ \cos 2\theta $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ \tan \frac{\theta }{2}=t\Rightarrow \frac{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}}{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\theta }{2}}=\cos \theta $ .