JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Inverse Trigonometric Functions Question Bank Critical Thinking

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     \[\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{a}{b} \right]+\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{a}{b} \right]=\] [MP PET 1999]

    A) \[\frac{2a}{b}\]

    B) \[\frac{2b}{a}\]

    C) \[\frac{a}{b}\]

    D) \[\frac{b}{a}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

      \[\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{a}{b} \right]+\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{a}{b} \right]\] Let \[\frac{1}{2}{{\cos }^{-1}}\frac{a}{b}=\theta \Rightarrow \cos 2\theta =\frac{a}{b}\] Thus, \[\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}+\theta  \right]+\tan \left[ \frac{\pi }{4}-\theta  \right]\] = \[\frac{1+\tan \theta }{1-\tan \theta }+\frac{1-\tan \theta }{1+\tan \theta }=\frac{{{(1+\tan \theta )}^{2}}+{{(1-\tan \theta )}^{2}}}{(1-{{\tan }^{2}}\theta )}\] = \[\frac{1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta +2\tan \theta +1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta -2\tan \theta }{(1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta )}\] = \[\frac{2(1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta )}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}\theta }=2\sec 2\theta =\frac{2}{\cos 2\theta }\] = \[\frac{2}{a/b}=\frac{2b}{a}\].


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