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If \(y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1+\sin x}{1-\sin x}}\right), 0 \leq x < \frac{\pi}{2}\), then \(\frac{d y}{d x}\) at \(x=\frac{\pi}{6}\) is

  1. A \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  2. B \(\frac{-1}{4}\)
  3. C \(\frac{-3}{2}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{2}\)
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(D) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

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\(y=\tan ^{-1}\left(\sqrt{\frac{1+\sin x}{1-\sin x}}\right) \)
\( =\tan ^{-1}\left[\sqrt{\frac{\left(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\right)^2}{\left(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\right)^2}}\right]=\) \(\tan ^{-1}\left[\frac{\left(\cos \frac{x}{2}+\sin \frac{x}{2}\right)^2}{\left(\cos \frac{x}{2}-\sin \frac{x}{2}\right)^2}\right] \)
\( =\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1+\tan \frac{x}{2}}{1-\tan \frac{x}{2}}\right) \)
\( =\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{\tan \frac{\pi}{4}+\tan \frac{x}{2}}{1-\tan \frac{\pi}{4} \cdot \tan \frac{x}{2}}\right) \)
\( =\tan ^{-1}\left[\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{x}{2}\right)\right]=\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{x}{2} \)
\( \therefore \frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{dx}}=\frac{1}{2}\)