CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    If\[{{\tan }^{-1}}(x+2)+{{\tan }^{-1}}(x-2)-{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)=0,\]then one of the values of\[x\]is equal to

    A)  \[-1\]                                   

    B)  \[5\]

    C)  \[\frac{1}{2}\]                  

    D)         \[1\]

    E)  \[-\frac{1}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Given that, \[{{\tan }^{-1}}(x+2)+{{\tan }^{-1}}(x+2)-{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x+2+x-2}{1-({{x}^{2}}-4)} \right)-{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2x}{1-({{x}^{2}}-4)} \right)-{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\left( \frac{2x}{1-({{x}^{2}}-4)}-\frac{1}{2} \right)}{1+\frac{2x}{(1-({{x}^{2}}-4))}.\frac{1}{2}} \right)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\frac{4x-1+{{x}^{2}}-4}{2(1-({{x}^{2}}-4))}}{\frac{2(1-({{x}^{2}}-4))+2x}{2(1-({{x}^{2}}-4))}} \right)=0\]            \[\Rightarrow \]\[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{{{x}^{2}}+4x-5}{-2{{x}^{2}}+2x+6} \right)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{x}^{2}}+4x-5=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=1,\,-5\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[x=1\] \[\because \]\[-5\]is not possible.


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