$\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{5 \pi}{6}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\cos \frac{13 \pi}{6}\right)=$

$\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{5 \pi}{6}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\cos \frac{13 \pi}{6}\right)=$
  1. 0
  2. $3 \pi$
  3. $\frac{-\pi}{6}$
  4. $\frac{\pi}{6}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{5 \pi}{6}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\cos \frac{13 \pi}{6}\right) \\ & =\tan ^{-1}\left[\tan \left(\pi-\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right]+\cos ^{-1}\left[\cos \left(2 \pi+\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right] \\ & =\tan ^{-1}\left[-\tan \frac{\pi}{6}\right]+\cos ^{-1}\left[\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right] \\ & =\tan ^{-1}\left[\tan \left(-\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right]+\cos ^{-1}\left[\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right]=-\frac{\pi}{6}+\frac{\pi}{6}=0\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 1)

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