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\(\tan \left(\cos ^{-1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}+\tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2}\right)=\)

  1. A 1
  2. B 2
  3. C 3
  4. D 4
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(C) 3

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\(\tan \left(\cos ^{-1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}+\tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2}\right)\)
Let \(\theta=\cos ^{-1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\) and \(\phi=\tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2}\)
\(\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \quad \cos \theta=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \text { and } \tan \phi=\frac{1}{2} \\
& \therefore \quad \tan \theta=1 \\
& \quad \text { Given expression }=\tan (\theta+\phi) \\
&=\frac{\tan \theta+\tan \phi}{1-\tan \theta \tan \phi} \\
&=\frac{1+\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{2}}=3
\end{aligned}\)
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