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TS EAMCET · Maths · Properties of Triangles

\(\begin{aligned} & \text { In } \quad \Delta A B C \text {, } \ & a\left(\cos ^2 B+\cos ^2 C\right)+\cos A(c \cos C+b \cos B) \text { is } \ & \text { equal to }\end{aligned}\)

  1. A a
  2. B b
  3. C c
  4. D a+b+c
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(A) a

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\begin{aligned} & a\left(\cos ^2 B+\cos ^2 C\right)+\cos A(c \cos C+b \cos B) \\ & =a\left[\left(\frac{a^2+c^2-b^2}{2 a c}\right)+\left(\frac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2 a b}\right)\right] \\ & +\frac{b^2+c^2-a^2}{2 b c}\left[c\left(\frac{b^2+a^2-c^2}{2 a…