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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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If S is the sum of the first 10 terms of the series tan1(13)+tan1(17)+tan1(113)+tan1(121)+....{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over 3}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over 7}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {13}}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {21}}} \right) + .... then tan(S) is equal to :

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S = tan1(13)+tan1(17)+tan1(113)+tan1(121)+....{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over 3}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over 7}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {13}}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {21}}} \right) + .... = tan1(11+1×2)+tan1(11+2×3)+...{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {1 + 1 \times 2}}} \right) + {\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {1 + 2 \times 3}}} \right) + ... \therefore T r = tan1(11+r×(r+1)){\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {1 + r \times \left( {r + 1} \right)}}} \right) = tan –1 (r + 1) – tan –1 r \therefore T 1 = tan –1 2 – tan –1 1 T 2 = tan –1 3 – tan –1 2 T 3 = tan –1 4 – tan –1 3 . . . T 10 = tan -1 11 – tan –1 10 \therefore S = tan –1 11 – tan –1 1 = tan1(1111+11){\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{11 - 1} \over {1 + 11}}} \right) \therefore tan(S) = tan(tan1(1111+11))\tan \left( {{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{11 - 1} \over {1 + 11}}} \right)} \right) = 1111+11{{{11 - 1} \over {1 + 11}}} = 1012=56{{10} \over {12}} = {5 \over 6}

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