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Geometry Level 3

tan ( 2 tan 1 2 ) 1 tan ( 2 tan 1 2 ) + 1 = ? \dfrac{\tan(2\tan^{-1} 2) - 1}{\tan(2\tan^{-1} 2) + 1} = \, ?


The answer is 7.

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3 solutions

Chang Jia Geng
Dec 25, 2015

Using the double angle formula for tan 2 θ \tan 2\theta where θ = t a n 1 2 \theta = tan^{-1}2 , we obtain:

tan ( 2 tan 1 2 ) \tan(2\tan^{-1}2)

= tan ( tan 1 2 ) + tan ( tan 1 2 ) 1 tan ( tan 1 2 ) × tan ( tan 1 2 ) = \dfrac{\tan(\tan^{-1}2)+\tan(\tan^{-1}2)}{1-\tan(\tan^{-1}2) \times \tan(\tan^{-1}2)}

= 2 + 2 1 2 × 2 =\dfrac{2+2}{1-2\times2}

= 4 3 =-\dfrac{4}{3}

Hence the given expression becomes: 4 3 1 4 3 + 1 = 7 \dfrac{-\dfrac{4}{3}-1}{-\dfrac{4}{3}+1} = 7

Adrian Castro
Dec 29, 2015

Sorry for terrible image quality. Was too lazy to actually write up solution in editor.

Kaustubh Miglani
Dec 29, 2015

what i did was to take tanx=2 so tan inverse of x=2 now it becomes tan 2x -1/tan2x +1
we know the formula of tan 2x =2tanx/1-tan square x get the value of tan 2x put it in the question and bingo u get ur answer

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