If $\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}=225^{\circ}$, then $\frac{\cot \mathrm{A}}{1+\cot \mathrm{A}} \cdot \frac{\cot…

If $\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}=225^{\circ}$, then $\frac{\cot \mathrm{A}}{1+\cot \mathrm{A}} \cdot \frac{\cot \mathrm{B}}{1+\cot \mathrm{B}}$, if it exists, is equal to
  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. $\frac{1}{2}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \frac{\cot A}{1+\cot A} \cdot \frac{\cot B}{1+\cot B} \\ & =\frac{1}{(1+\tan A)(1+\tan B)} \\ & =\frac{1}{\tan A+\tan B+1+\tan A \tan B}\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{1}{1-\tan A \tan B+1+\tan A \tan B} \\ & \quad \cdots\left[\begin{array}{l}\because \tan (A+B)=\tan 225^{\circ} \\ \Rightarrow \tan A+\tan B=1-\tan A \tan B\end{array}\right] \\ & =\frac{1}{2}\end{aligned}$

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