Practicing Success
If x, y > 0, then $tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)-tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x-y}{x+y}\right)$, is |
$\frac{\pi}{2}$ $\frac{\pi}{3}$ $\frac{\pi}{4}$ $-\frac{3\pi}{4}$ |
$\frac{\pi}{4}$ |
We have, $tan^{-1}\frac{x}{y}-tan^{-1}\left(\frac{x-y}{x+y}\right)$ $=tan^{-1}\frac{x}{y}-tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1-y/x}{1+y/x}\right)$ $=tan^{-1}\frac{x}{y}-\left(tan^{-1}1 - tan^{-1}\frac{y}{x}\right)$ $= tan^{-1}\frac{x}{y}+tan^{-1}\frac{y}{x}-\frac{\pi}{4}= tan^{-1}\frac{x}{y}+cot^{-1}\frac{x}{y}-\frac{\pi}{4}=\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{\pi}{4}=\frac{\pi}{4}$ |