$\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}\right)\right)+\tan…

$\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}\right)\right)+\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}\right)\right)$ is
  1. $\frac{2 \mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}$
  2. $\frac{2 \mathrm{~b}}{\mathrm{a}}$
  3. $\frac{\mathrm{a}}{\mathrm{b}}$
  4. $\frac{\mathrm{b}}{\mathrm{a}}$

Solution

$\begin{array}{ll} & \quad \text { Let } \frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)=\theta \\ \therefore \quad & \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)=2 \theta \\ \therefore \quad & \cos 2 \theta=\frac{a}{b} \\ \therefore \quad & \tan \left[\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)\right]+\tan \left[\frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{1}{2} \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{a}{b}\right)\right]\end{array}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\theta\right)+\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\theta\right) \\ & =\frac{1+\tan \theta}{1-\tan \theta}+\frac{1-\tan \theta}{1+\tan \theta} \\ & =\frac{(1+\tan \theta)^2+(1-\tan \theta)^2}{1-\tan ^2 \theta} \\ & =\frac{2\left(1+\tan ^2 \theta\right)}{1-\tan ^2 \theta} \\ & =\frac{2}{1-\tan ^2 \theta} \\ & \text {. } \overline{1+\tan ^2 \theta} \\ & =\frac{2}{\cos 2 \theta} \\ & =\frac{2}{\frac{a}{b}}=\frac{2 b}{a} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (02 May Shift 2)

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