Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Question:

$sin^{-1}\sqrt{x^2+2x+1} +sec^{-1} \sqrt{x^2+2x+1} =\frac{\pi}{2}, x ≠ 0,$ then the value of $ 2 sec^{-1}\frac{x}{2} + sin^{-1}\frac{x}{2}$ is equal to

Options:

$-\frac{\pi}{2}$ only

$\begin{Bmatrix}-\frac{3\pi}{2} ,\frac{\pi}{2}\end{Bmatrix}$

$\frac{3\pi}{2}$ only

$-\frac{3\pi}{2}$ only

Correct Answer:

$\frac{3\pi}{2}$ only

Explanation:

We have,

$sin^{-1}\sqrt{x^2+2x+1} +sec^{-1} \sqrt{x^2+2x+1} =\frac{\pi}{2}$

$sin^{-1}\sqrt{x^2+2x+1} +cos^{-1}\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+2x+1}}=\frac{\pi}{2}$

$⇒ \sqrt{x^2+2x+1}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+2x+1}}$

$⇒ x^2+2x+1 =1 ⇒ x = 0, - 2$.

For x = 0, we find that $sec^{-1}\frac{x}{2}$ is not defined.

For x = -2, we have

$2sec^{-1}\frac{x}{2}+sin^{-1}\frac{x}{2}=2sec^{-1}(-1)+sin^{-1} (-1)$

$= 2 × π -\frac{\pi}{2}=\frac{3\pi}{2}$