CEE Kerala Engineering CEE Kerala Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The value of\[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)+2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)\]is equal to

    A)  \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]                                             

    B)   \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

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

    D)         \[\pi \]

    E)  \[2\pi \]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)+2{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{4/5}{\sqrt{1-{{\left( \frac{4}{5} \right)}^{2}}}} \right)+{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2.\frac{1}{3}}{1-{{\left( \frac{1}{3} \right)}^{2}}} \right)\] \[\left( \begin{align}   & \because {{\sin }^{-1}}x={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{x}{\sqrt{1-{{x}^{2}}}}and \\  & 2{{\tan }^{-1}}x={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2x}{1-{{x}^{2}}} \right)if\,-1<x<1 \\ \end{align} \right)\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{4}{3}+{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{\frac{4}{3}+\frac{3}{4}}{1-\frac{4}{3}.\frac{3}{4}} \right)={{\tan }^{-1}}(\infty )\] \[=\frac{\pi }{2}\]            


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