Practicing Success
Find the range of $f(x)=\cos^{-1}(\frac{\sqrt{1+2x^2}}{1+x^2})$ |
$(\frac{π}{2},\frac{π}{2})$ $(-\frac{π}{2},\frac{π}{2}]$ $[0,\frac{π}{2})$ $[0,-\frac{π}{2})$ |
$[0,\frac{π}{2})$ |
$f(x)=\cos^{-1}(\frac{\sqrt{1+2x^2}}{1+x^2})$ $=\sin^{-1}\left(\sqrt{1-\frac{1+2x^2}{(1+x^2)^2}}\right)$ $(∵\cos^{-1}x=\sin^{-1}\sqrt{1-x^2})$ $=\sin^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{x^4}{(1+x^2)^2}}\right)$ $=\sin^{-1}(\frac{x^2}{1+x^2})$ $=\sin^{-1}(1-\frac{1}{1+x^2})$ Now, $(1-\frac{1}{1+x^2})∈[0,1)$ $∴f(x)∈[0,\frac{π}{2})$ |