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If $tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)=\frac{1}{2}tan^{-1}x, x> 0),$ then value of x is : |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$ $\frac{1}{2}$ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ |
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ |
The correct answer is option (3) → $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ $\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\tan^{-1}x$ so $\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+1×x}\right)=\frac{1}{2}\tan^{-1}x$ $⇒\tan^{-1}(1)-\tan^{-1}(x)=\frac{\tan^{-1}x}{2}$ so $\frac{π}{4}=\frac{3}{2}\tan^{-1}x$ $\tan^{-1}x=\frac{π}{6}⇒x=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ |