Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

Question:

The value of $tan^{-1}\frac{1}{3}+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{7}+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{13}+..........+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{n^2+n+1}+ ....$ to ∞ , is

Options:

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

$\frac{\pi}{4}$

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

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Correct Answer:

$\frac{\pi}{4}$

Explanation:

We have,

$tan^{-1}\frac{1}{3}+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{7}+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{13}+..........+tan^{-1}\frac{1}{n^2+n+1}+ ....$ to ∞

$=\lim\limits_{n→∞} \sum\limits^{n}_{r=1}tan^{-1}\frac{1}{r^2+r+1}$

$=\lim\limits_{n→∞} \sum\limits^{n}_{r=1}tan^{-1} \begin{Bmatrix}\frac{1}{1+r(r+1)}\end{Bmatrix}$

$=\lim\limits_{n→∞} \sum\limits^{n}_{r=1}tan^{-1} \begin{Bmatrix}\frac{(r+1)-r}{1+r(r+1)}\end{Bmatrix}$

 $=\lim\limits_{n→∞} \sum\limits^{n}_{r=1} \begin{Bmatrix} tan^{-1}(r+1) -tan^{-1}r \end{Bmatrix}$

 $=\lim\limits_{n→∞} \begin{Bmatrix} tan^{-1}(n+1) -tan^{-1} 1\end{Bmatrix}$

$= tan^{-1} ∞ -tan^{-1} 1 = \frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\pi}{4}=\frac{\pi}{4}$