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If 0 < x < 1, then $tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1-x^2}}{1+x}\right)$ is equal to |
$\frac{1}{2}cos^{-1}x$ $cos^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{1+x}{2}}$ $sin^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{1-x}{2}}$ all the above |
all the above |
Let $x = cos \theta $. Then, $0 < x< 1 ⇒ 0 < cos \theta < 1 ⇒ 0 < \theta <\frac{\pi}{2}$ Now, $tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{1-x^2}}{1+x}\right)$ $= tan^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{1-x}{1+x}}$ $= tan^{-1}\left(tan\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\frac{\theta}{2}=\frac{1}{2}cos^{-1}x $ Thus, option (a) is true $= cos^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{1+x}{2}}=cos^{-1}\left(cos\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\theta =\frac{1}{2}cos^{-1}x$ So, options (b) is true. $= sin^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{1-x}{2}}=sin^{-1}\left(sin\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\frac{\theta}{2} =\frac{1}{2}cos^{-1}x$ So, options (c) is true. |