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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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Considering the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions, sin1(32x+121x2),12<x<12\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} x+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^2}\right),-\frac{1}{2}< x<\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, is equal to

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sin1(32x+121x2),12<x<12 Let x=cosθ,θ(π4,2π3)1x2=sinθ as sinθ>0\begin{aligned} & \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} x+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^2}\right),-\frac{1}{2}< x<\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\ & \text { Let } x=\cos \theta, \theta \in\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{2 \pi}{3}\right) \\ & \Rightarrow \sqrt{1-x^2}=\sin \theta \text { as } \sin \theta>0 \end{aligned} sin1(32cosθ+12sinθ)=sin1(sin(π3+θ))π3+θ(7π2,π)\begin{aligned} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \cos \theta+\frac{1}{2} \sin \theta\right)=\sin ^{-1}( & \left.\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{3}+\theta\right)\right) \\ & \frac{\pi}{3}+\theta \in\left(\frac{7 \pi}{2}, \pi\right)\end{aligned} =sin1(sin(π(π3+θ)))=sin1(sin(2π3θ))=2π3θ=2π3cos1x=2π3(π2sin1x)=π6+sin1x\begin{aligned} & =\sin ^{-1}\left(\sin \left(\pi-\left(\frac{\pi}{3}+\theta\right)\right)\right) \\ & =\sin ^{-1}\left(\sin \left(\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\theta\right)\right) \\ & =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\theta \\ & =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\cos ^{-1} x \\ & =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\sin ^{-1} x\right) \\ & =\frac{\pi}{6}+\sin ^{-1} x \end{aligned}

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