JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Inverse Trigonometric Functions Question Bank Inverse trigonometric functions

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    \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{x}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}}}=\]

    A) \[\frac{1}{a}{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x}{a} \right)\]

    B) \[a{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x}{a} \right)\]

    C) \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x}{a} \right)\]

    D) \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{a}{x} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{x}{\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}}}={{\tan }^{-1}}\,\left( \frac{a\,\sin \theta }{a\,\cos \theta } \right)\] (Putting \[x=a\,\sin \theta )\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}(\tan \theta )=\theta ={{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x}{a} \right)\].


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