Q. The greatest and least value of $\sin{x\cos x}$ are respectively

A) 1, $- 1$
B) $\frac{1}{2}, - \frac{1}{2}$
C) $\frac{1}{4}, - \frac{1}{4}$
D) 2, $- 2$
Explanation

(b)
Let $f(x) = \sin{x\cos{x = \frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}}$
We know that$,\ - 1 \leq \sin{2x \leq 1}$
$\Rightarrow \ - \frac{1}{2} \leq \frac{1}{2}\sin{2x \leq \frac{1}{2}}$
Thus, the greatest and least value of $f(x)$ are $\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{1}{2}$ respectively

Dr. Abubacker
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Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.