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If \(\tan A=\frac{1}{2}, \tan B=\frac{1}{3}\) then \(\tan (A+2 B)\) has the value

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

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\(\tan A=\frac{1}{2}, \tan B=\frac{1}{3}\)
[given] we have \(\tan 2 B=\frac{2 \tan B}{1-\tan ^2 B}=\frac{3}{4}\)
\(\because \tan (A+2 B)=\frac{\tan A+\tan 2 B}{1-\tan A \cdot \tan 2 B}=\frac{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{4}}{1-\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{3}{4}}=\frac{\frac{5}{4}}{\frac{5}{8}}=2\)