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QJEEM24Ma076d: JEE Main 2024 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM24Ma076d Solution: If and , then is equal to :

If tan⁡A=1x(x2+x+1),tan⁡B=xx2+x+1\tan \mathrm{A}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x\left(x^2+x+1\right)}}, \tan \mathrm{B}=\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}} and

\tan \mathrm{C}=\left(x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}\right)^{1 / 2}, 0<\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}<\frac{\pi}{2} , then A+B\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B} is equal to :

Multiple Choice Options

  • A C\mathrm{C}
  • B π−C\pi-C
  • C 2π−C2 \pi-C
  • D π2−C\frac{\pi}{2}-\mathrm{C}

Step-by-Step Verified Solution

To find the sum of two angles in terms of tangent, we can use the tangent addition formula:

tan⁡(A+B)=tan⁡A+tan⁡B1−tan⁡A⋅tan⁡B\tan (A + B) = \frac{\tan A + \tan B}{1 - \tan A \cdot \tan B}

Let's compute tan⁡(A+B)\tan (A + B) using the given tan⁡A\tan A and tan⁡B\tan B :

tan⁡A=1x(x2+x+1)\tan A = \frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}}

tan⁡B=xx2+x+1\tan B = \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}

Now, we can apply the addition formula:

tan⁡(A+B)=1x(x2+x+1)+xx2+x+11−1x(x2+x+1)⋅xx2+x+1\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}} + \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}}{1 - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}}

tan⁡(A+B)=1+x2x(x2+x+1)1−1(x2+x+1)\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{1 + \sqrt{x^2}}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}}}{1 - \frac{1}{(x^2+x+1)}}

tan⁡(A+B)=x2+1x(x2+x+1)(x2+x+1)−1(x2+x+1)\tan (A + B) = \frac{\frac{\sqrt{x^2} + 1}{\sqrt{x(x^2+x+1)}}}{\frac{(x^2+x+1) - 1}{(x^2+x+1)}}

tan⁡(A+B)=(x+1)(x2+x+1)(x2+x)x\tan (A + B) = \frac{(x + 1)\sqrt{(x^2+x+1)}}{(x^2 + x){\sqrt{x}}}

tan⁡(A+B)=(x+1)(x2+x+1)x(x+1)x\tan (A + B) = \frac{{(x + 1)}\sqrt{(x^2+x+1)}}{x{(x + 1)}{\sqrt{x}}}

tan⁡(A+B)=x2+x+1x3/2\tan (A + B) = \frac{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}{x^{3/2}}

Let us first simplify tan⁡C\tan \mathrm{C} :

tan⁡C=x−3+x−2+x−1=1x3+1x2+1x=1+x+x2x3=x2+x+1x3/2.\tan \mathrm{C} = \sqrt{x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}} = \sqrt{\frac{1}{x^3}+\frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{x}} = \sqrt{\frac{1+x+x^2}{x^3}} = \frac{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}{x^{3/2}}.

We see that:

tan⁡(A+B)=tan⁡C\tan (A + B) = \tan C

Since tangent is positive and all the angles AA , BB , and CC are in the first quadrant, we can say that:

A+B=CA + B = C

Hence, the answer is:

Option A : CC

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