JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Inverse Trigonometric Functions Question Bank Inverse trigonometric functions

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    \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x} \right]=\]

    A) \[\frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{x}{2}\]

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{4}+\frac{x}{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{x}{2}\]

    D) \[\frac{\pi }{4}-x\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

      \[{{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{\cos x}{1+\sin x} \right]={{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{\sin \,(\pi /2-x)}{1+\cos \,(\pi /2-x)} \right]\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\left[ \frac{2\,\sin \,(\pi /4-x/2)\,\cos \,(\pi /4-x/2)}{2\,{{\cos }^{2}}\,(\pi /4-x/2)} \right]\] \[={{\tan }^{-1}}\tan \,\left( \frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{x}{2} \right)=\frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{x}{2}\].


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