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The domain of the function cos1(2sin1(14x21)π){\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{2{{\sin }^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}}} \right)} \over \pi }} \right) is :

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12sin1(14x21)π1 - 1 \le {{2{{\sin }^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}}} \right)} \over \pi } \le 1 π2sin1(14x21)π2 \Rightarrow - {\pi \over 2} \le {\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}}} \right) \le {\pi \over 2} 114x211 \Rightarrow - 1 \le {1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \le 1 \therefore 14x21+10{1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}} + 1 \ge 0 1+4x214x210 \Rightarrow {{1 + 4{x^2} - 1} \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \ge 0 4x24x210 \Rightarrow {{4{x^2}} \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \ge 0 \Rightarrow 4x2(2x+1)(2x1)0{{4{x^2}} \over {\left( {2x + 1} \right)\left( {2x - 1} \right)}} \ge 0 ...... (1) \therefore x(α,12){0}(12,α)x \in \left( { - \alpha , - {1 \over 2}} \right) \cup \{ 0\} \cup \left( {{1 \over 2},\alpha } \right) .....(2) And 14x2110{1 \over {4{x^2} - 1}} - 1 \le 0 14x2+14x210 \Rightarrow {{1 - 4{x^2} + 1} \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \le 0 24x24x210 \Rightarrow {{2 - 4{x^2}} \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \le 0 2x214x210 \Rightarrow {{2{x^2} - 1} \over {4{x^2} - 1}} \ge 0 \Rightarrow (2x+1)(2x1)(2x+1)(2x1)0{{\left( {\sqrt 2 x + 1} \right)\left( {\sqrt 2 x - 1} \right)} \over {\left( {2x + 1} \right)\left( {2x - 1} \right)}} \ge 0 ...... (3) x(α,12)(12,12)(12,α)x \in \left( { - \alpha , - {1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}} \right) \cup \left( { - {1 \over 2},{1 \over 2}} \right) \cup \left( {{1 \over {\sqrt 2 }},\alpha } \right) .....(4) From (3) and (4), we get \therefore x[α,12)[12,α){0}x \in \left[ { - \alpha , - {1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}} \right) \cup \left[ {{1 \over {\sqrt 2 }},\alpha } \right) \cup \{ 0\}

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