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

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    \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3+5\cos x}{5+3\cos x} \right)\] is equal to   [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

    A) \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2}\tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]

    B) \[2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( 2\tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( 2\tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]

    D) \[2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2}\tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]

    E) \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    We take \[x=\frac{\pi }{2}\] then \[\cos x=0\] \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3+5\cos x}{5+3\cos x} \right)={{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{5} \right)\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{3} \right)\] Put \[x=\frac{\pi }{2}\] in  \[2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2}\tan \frac{x}{2} \right)\]    we get            \[2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2}\tan \frac{\pi }{4} \right)\] \[=2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2.\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{4}} \right)\]\[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{3} \right)\].


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