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Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
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Let S={xR:0<x<1and2tan1(1x1+x)=cos1(1x21+x2)}S = \left\{ {x \in R:0 < x < 1\,\mathrm{and}\,2{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - x} \over {1 + x}}} \right) = {{\cos }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - {x^2}} \over {1 + {x^2}}}} \right)} \right\}. If n(S)\mathrm{n(S)} denotes the number of elements in S\mathrm{S} then :

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2tan1(1x1+x)=cos1(1x21+x2) {\,2{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - x} \over {1 + x}}} \right) = {{\cos }^{ - 1}}\left( {{{1 - {x^2}} \over {1 + {x^2}}}} \right)}  Put x=tanθθ(0,π4)2tan1(1tanθ1+tanθ)=cos1(1tan2θ1+tan2θ)2tan1[tan(π4θ)]=cos1[cos(2θ)]2(π4θ)=2θθ=π8x=tanπ8=210.414\begin{aligned} & \text { Put } x=\tan \theta \quad \theta \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right) \\\\ & 2 \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-\tan \theta}{1+\tan \theta}\right)=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1-\tan ^2 \theta}{1+\tan ^2 \theta}\right) \\\\ & 2 \tan ^{-1}\left[\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\theta\right)\right]=\cos ^{-1}[\cos (2 \theta)] \\\\ & \Rightarrow 2\left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\theta\right)=2 \theta \Rightarrow \theta=\frac{\pi}{8} \\\\ & \Rightarrow x=\tan \frac{\pi}{8}=\sqrt{2}-1 \simeq 0.414\end{aligned}

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