If $f(a)=\log \left|\frac{1-a}{1+a}\right|$ for $a \neq\{-1,1\}$, then the set of values of all ' $a$ ', for…

If $f(a)=\log \left|\frac{1-a}{1+a}\right|$ for $a \neq\{-1,1\}$, then the set of values of all ' $a$ ', for which $f\left(\frac{2 a}{1+a^2}\right)>0$ is
  1. $(0, \infty)-\{1\}$
  2. $(-\infty, 0)-\{-1\}$
  3. $(-\infty, \infty)-\{-1,1\}$
  4. $(-1,1)$

Solution

Given $f(a)=\log \left|\frac{1-a}{1+a}\right|, a \neq\{-1,1\}$ Now $f\left(\frac{2 a}{1+a^2}\right)>0 \Rightarrow \log \left|\frac{1-\frac{2 a}{1+a^2}}{1+\frac{2 a}{1+a^2}}\right|>0$ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow\left|\frac{1+a-2 a}{1+a+2 a}\right|>1 \Rightarrow\left|\frac{(1)}{(1)}\right|>1 \\ & \Rightarrow \frac{(1-a)^2-(1+a)^2}{(1+a)^2}>0 \text { or } \frac{\left(1-a^2\right)+\left(1+a^2\right)}{\left(1+a^2\right)} < 0 \\ & \Rightarrow-2 a>0 \text { or } 1+a^2 < 0 \Rightarrow a < 0 \end{aligned}$ Since $\left.\left(1+a^2\right)>0 \forall a \& a \neq \pm 1\right)$ So $a \in(-\infty, 0)-\{-1\}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (15 May Shift 2)

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