The value of $\frac{\tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3})-\sec ^{-1}(-2)}{\operatorname{cosec}^{-1}(-\sqrt{2})+\cos…

The value of $\frac{\tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3})-\sec ^{-1}(-2)}{\operatorname{cosec}^{-1}(-\sqrt{2})+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}$ is
  1. $\frac{4}{5}$
  2. $\frac{-4}{5}$
  3. $\frac{3}{5}$
  4. 0

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \frac{\tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3})-\sec ^{-1}(-2)}{\operatorname{cosec}^{-1}(-\sqrt{2})+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)} \\ & =\frac{\tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3})-\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}{\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{-1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-1}{2}\right)}\end{aligned}$ $\cdots\left[\begin{array}{l}\sec ^{-1} x=\cos ^{-1} \frac{1}{x} \\ \operatorname{cosec}^{-1} x=\sin ^{-1} \frac{1}{x}\end{array}\right]$ $=\frac{\tan ^{-1}(\sqrt{3})-\pi+\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{-\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)+\pi-\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}$ $\ldots\left[\begin{array}{l}\cos ^{-1}(-x)=\pi-\cos ^{-1} x \\ \sin ^{-1}(-x)=-\sin ^{-1} x\end{array}\right]$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{\frac{\pi}{3}-\pi+\frac{\pi}{3}}{-\frac{\pi}{4}+\pi-\frac{\pi}{3}} \\ & =\frac{-\frac{\pi}{3}}{\frac{5 \pi}{12}} \\ & =\frac{-4}{5}\end{aligned}$

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