CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If \[{{({{\tan }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}+{{({{\cot }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}=\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{8},\]then\[x\]is equal to

    A)  0                                            

    B)  2

    C)  1                            

    D)         \[-1\]

    E)  \[2\sqrt{2}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given, \[{{({{\tan }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}+{{({{\cot }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}=\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{8}\] \[\therefore \]\[{{({{\tan }^{-1}}x+{{\cot }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}-2{{\tan }^{-1}}x\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-{{\tan }^{-1}}x \right)\]                                                 \[=\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{8}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}-2\times \frac{\pi }{2}{{\tan }^{-1}}x+2{{({{\tan }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}=\frac{5{{\pi }^{2}}}{8}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[2{{({{\tan }^{-1}}x)}^{2}}-\pi {{\tan }^{-1}}x-\frac{3{{\pi }^{2}}}{8}=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}x=-\frac{\pi }{4},\frac{3\pi }{4}\] Now, we take\[{{\tan }^{-1}}x=-\frac{\pi }{4}\Rightarrow x=-1\]


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