Assertion and Reason Questions on Algebraic Identities

Question:

Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason) and has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer.

(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.

(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.

(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.

(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.

Statement-1 (Assertion):

If \[ a+b+c=6, \quad ab+bc+ca=11, \] then \[ a^2+b^2+c^2=14 \]

Statement-2 (Reason):

\[ (a+b+c)^2 = a^2+b^2+c^2+2(ab+bc+ca) \]

Solution:

Using identity:

\[ (a+b+c)^2 = a^2+b^2+c^2+2(ab+bc+ca) \]

Substituting the given values:

\[ 6^2 = a^2+b^2+c^2+2(11) \]

\[ 36 = a^2+b^2+c^2+22 \]

\[ a^2+b^2+c^2 = 14 \]

Therefore, Statement-1 is true.

Statement-2 is also true and correctly explains Statement-1.

Hence, the correct answer is

\[ \boxed{(a)} \]

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