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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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Question

If the sum of all the solutions of tan1(2x1x2)+cot1(1x22x)=π3,1<x<1,x0{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{2x} \over {1 - {x^2}}}} \right) + {\cot ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - {x^2}} \over {2x}}} \right) = {\pi \over 3}, - 1 < x < 1,x \ne 0, is α43\alpha - {4 \over {\sqrt 3 }}, then α\alpha is equal to _____________.

Answer: 1

Solution

Case-I 1<x<0-1 < x < 0 tan1(2x1x2)+π+tan1(2x1x2)=π3\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}\right)+\pi+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}\right)=\frac{\pi}{3} tan12x1x2=π3\tan ^{-1} \frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}=\frac{-\pi}{3} 2tan1x=π32 \tan ^{-1} x=\frac{-\pi}{3} tan1x=π6\tan ^{-1} x=\frac{-\pi}{6} x=13x=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}} Case-II 0<x<10 < x < 1 tan12x1x2+tan12x1x2=π3\tan ^{-1} \frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}+\tan ^{-1} \frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}=\frac{\pi}{3} tan12x1x2=π62tan1x=π6tan1x=π12x=23 Sum =13+23=243α=2\begin{aligned} & \tan ^{-1} \frac{2 x}{1-x^{2}}=\frac{\pi}{6} \\\\ & 2 \tan ^{-1} x=\frac{\pi}{6} \\\\ & \tan ^{-1} x=\frac{\pi}{12} \\\\ & x=2-\sqrt{3} \\\\ & \text { Sum }=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{3}}+2-\sqrt{3}=2-\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}} \\\\ & \Rightarrow \alpha=2 \end{aligned}

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