The numerical value of $\tan \left(2 \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)$

The numerical value of $\tan \left(2 \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)$
  1. $\frac{-7}{17}$
  2. $\frac{-17}{7}$
  3. $\frac{17}{7}$
  4. $\frac{7}{17}$

Solution

$\begin{array}{ll} & \text {Let } 2 \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)=x \\ \therefore \quad & \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)=\frac{x}{2} \\ \therefore \quad & \tan \frac{x}{2}=\frac{1}{5} \\ & \text { Using } \\ & \tan 2 \theta=\frac{2 \tan \theta}{1-\tan ^2 \theta} \\ \therefore \quad & \tan x=\frac{2 \tan ^{\frac{x}{2}}}{1-\tan ^2 \frac{x}{2}}\end{array}$ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \tan x=\frac{2 \times \frac{1}{5}}{1-\frac{1}{25}} \\ & \Rightarrow \tan x=\frac{5}{12}...(i) \end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & \text { Consider } \tan \left(2 \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{5}\right)+\frac{\pi}{4}\right) \\ & =\tan \left(x+\frac{\pi}{4}\right) \\ & =\frac{\tan x+\tan \frac{\pi}{4}}{1-\tan x \cdot \tan \frac{\pi}{4}} \\ & =\frac{\frac{5}{12}+1}{1-\frac{5}{12}} \\ & =\frac{\frac{17}{12}}{\frac{7}{12}}=\frac{17}{7}\end{aligned}$

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