JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Inverse Trigonometric Functions Question Bank Mock Test - Inverse Trigonometric Functions

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    \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })-ta{{n}^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x\], then sin x is equal to

    A) \[{{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}\]        

    B) \[{{\cot }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}\]

    C) \[\tan \alpha \]

    D) \[\cot \frac{\alpha }{2}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] \[{{\cot }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })-ta{{n}^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x\] \[\Rightarrow {{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos \alpha }} \right)-{{\tan }^{-1}}(\sqrt{\cos \alpha })=x\] \[\Rightarrow {{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}-\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}{1+\frac{1}{\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}=x\] \[\Rightarrow {{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{2\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}=x\] \[\Rightarrow \tan x=\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{2\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}\] \[\Rightarrow \cot x=\frac{2\sqrt{\cos \alpha }}{1-\cos \alpha }\] \[\Rightarrow \text{cosec}\,x=\frac{1+\cos \alpha }{1-\cos \alpha }\] \[\Rightarrow \sin x=\frac{1-\cos \alpha }{1+\cos \alpha }\] \[\Rightarrow \sin x={{\tan }^{2}}\frac{\alpha }{2}\]


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