If \(-\frac{\pi}{2} < \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}\), then \(\log \left(\tan…

If \(-\frac{\pi}{2} < \theta < \frac{\pi}{2}\), then \(\log \left(\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\right)=\)
  1. \(\tanh ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right)\)
  2. \(2 \tanh ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right)\)
  3. \(\operatorname{coth}^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right)\)
  4. \(2 \operatorname{coth}^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right)\)

Solution

\(\begin{array}{rlrl} \text {Let } & \log \left(\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\right) =x \\ \Rightarrow & \tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{\theta}{2}\right) =e^x \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{1+\tan \frac{\theta}{2}}{1-\tan \frac{\theta}{2}} =e^x \end{array}\) On applying componendo and dividendo rule, we get \(\begin{aligned} 2 & \frac{2 \tan \frac{\theta}{2}}{2} =\frac{e^x-1}{e^x+1} \\ \Rightarrow & \tan \frac{\theta}{2} =\frac{e^{x / 2}-e^{-x / 2}}{e^{x / 2}+e^{-x / 2}}=\tanh \left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & \frac{x}{2} =\tanh ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right) \\ \Rightarrow & x =2 \tanh ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2}\right) \end{aligned}\) Hence, option (b) is correct.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2019 (23 Apr Shift 1)

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