If $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left[1+x \log \left(1+b^2\right)\right]^{1 / x}=2 b \sin ^2 \theta,~ b>0$ and…

If $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left[1+x \log \left(1+b^2\right)\right]^{1 / x}=2 b \sin ^2 \theta,~ b>0$ and $\theta \in(-\pi, \pi]$, then the value of $\theta$ is
  1. $\pm \frac{\pi}{4}$
  2. $\pm \frac{\pi}{3}$
  3. $\pm \frac{\pi}{6}$
  4. $\pm \frac{\pi}{2}$

Solution

Here, $\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left\{1+x \log \left(1+b^2\right)\right\}^{1 / x}$ $ \begin{aligned} & \text { Given, } \quad\left[1^{\infty} \text { from }\right] \\ & \Rightarrow \quad e^{\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left\{x \log \left(1+b^2\right)\right\} \cdot \frac{1}{x}} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad e^{\log \left(1+b^2\right)}=(1+b)^2 \\ & \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left\{1+x \log \left(1+b^2\right)\right\}^{1 / x}=2 b \sin ^2 \theta \\ & \Rightarrow \quad\left(1+b^2\right)=2 b \sin ^2 \theta \\ & \therefore \quad \sin ^2 \theta=\frac{1+b^2}{2 b} \quad \ldots \text { (ii) } \end{aligned} $ By $A M \geq G M$, $ \frac{b+\frac{1}{b}}{2} \geq\left(b \cdot \frac{1}{b}\right)^{1 / 2} \Rightarrow \frac{b^2+1}{2 b} \geq 1 $ From Eqs. (ii) and (iii), we get $\sin ^2 \theta=1$ $ \Rightarrow \quad \theta=\pm \frac{\pi}{2} \text { as } \theta \in(-\pi, \pi] $

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2011 (Paper 2)

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