Practicing Success
If $\tan^{-1}\frac{a}{x}+\tan^{-1}\frac{b}{x}=\frac{\pi}{2}$, then x = |
$\sqrt{ab}$ $\sqrt{2ab}$ 2ab ab |
$\sqrt{ab}$ |
$\tan^{-1}\frac{a}{x}+\tan^{-1}\frac{b}{x}=\frac{\pi}{2}$ So $\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\frac{a}{x}+\frac{b}{x}}{1-\frac{ab}{x^2}}\right)=\frac{\pi}{2}$ as $\left\{\tan^{-1}x+\tan^{-1}y=\tan^{-1}(\frac{x+y}{1-xy})\right\}$ So $1 -\frac{ab}{x^2}= 0$ as $\left(\underset{y→0}{\lim}\tan^{-1}(\frac{x}{y})=\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ So $1=\frac{ab}{x^2}$ $ab=x^2⇒ x = \sqrt{ab}$ |