The number of solutions of the equation, $\sin ^{-1} x=2 \tan ^{-1} x$ (in principal values) is :

The number of solutions of the equation, $\sin ^{-1} x=2 \tan ^{-1} x$ (in principal values) is :
  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 3

Solution

Given equation is $ \sin ^{-1} x=2 \tan ^{-1} x $ Now, this equation has only one solution. $ \begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad \text { LHS }=\sin ^{-1} 1=\frac{\pi}{2} \\ & \text { and } \text { RHS }=2 \tan ^{-1} 1=2 \times \frac{\pi}{4}=\frac{\pi}{2} \end{aligned} $ Also, $x=1$ gives angle value as $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $\frac{5 \pi}{4}$ $\frac{5 \pi}{4}$ is outside the principal value

Asked in: JEE Main 2013 (22 Apr Online)

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