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JEE Main 2024
Trigonometry
Trigonometric Ratio and Identites
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If tanA=1x(x2+x+1),tanB=xx2+x+1\tan \mathrm{A}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x\left(x^2+x+1\right)}}, \tan \mathrm{B}=\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}} and tanC=(x3+x2+x1)1/2,0<A,B,C<π2\tan \mathrm{C}=\left(x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}\right)^{1 / 2}, 0<\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}<\frac{\pi}{2}, then A+B\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B} is equal to :

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Solution

To find the sum of two angles in terms of tangent, we can use the tangent addition formula: tan(A+B)=tanA+tanB1tanAtanB\tan (A + B) = \frac{\tan A + \tan B}{1 - \tan A \cdot \tan B} Let's compute tan(A+B)\tan (A + B) using the given tanA\tan A and tanB\tan B: tanA=1x(x2+x+1)\tan A = \frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}} tanB=xx2+x+1\tan B = \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}} Now, we can apply the addition formula: tan(A+B)=1x(x2+x+1)+xx2+x+111x(x2+x+1)xx2+x+1\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}} + \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}}{1 - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}} tan(A+B)=1+x2x(x2+x+1)11(x2+x+1)\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{1 + \sqrt{x^2}}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}}}{1 - \frac{1}{(x^2+x+1)}} tan(A+B)=x2+1x(x2+x+1)(x2+x+1)1(x2+x+1)\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{\sqrt{x^2} + 1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}}}{\frac{(x^2+x+1) - 1}{(x^2+x+1)}} tan(A+B)=(x+1)(x2+x+1)(x2+x)x\tan (A + B) = \frac{(x + 1)\sqrt{(x^2+x+1)}}{(x^2 + x){\sqrt{x}}} tan(A+B)=(x+1)(x2+x+1)x(x+1)x\tan (A + B) = \frac{{(x + 1)}\sqrt{(x^2+x+1)}}{x{(x + 1)}{\sqrt{x}}} tan(A+B)=x2+x+1x3/2\tan (A + B) = \frac{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}{x^{3/2}} Let us first simplify tanC\tan \mathrm{C}: tanC=x3+x2+x1=1x3+1x2+1x=1+x+x2x3=x2+x+1x3/2.\tan \mathrm{C} = \sqrt{x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{x^3}+\frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{x}} = \sqrt{\frac{1+x+x^2}{x^3}} = \frac{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}{x^{3/2}}. We see that: tan(A+B)=tanC\tan (A + B) = \tan C Since tangent is positive and all the angles AA, BB, and CC are in the first quadrant, we can say that: A+B=CA + B = C Hence, the answer is: Option A : CC

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