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Mathematics20252 marksNumericalInverse Trigonometric Functions

Solve the following.

If tan⁻¹(1/(1+1· 2)) + tan⁻¹(1/7) + … + tan⁻¹(1/(111)) = S, then find tan S.

If $\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+1\cdot 2}\right) + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{7}\right) + \dots + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{111}\right) = S$, then find $\tan S$.

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$\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+1\cdot2}\right) + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+2\cdot3}\right) + \dots + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{1+10\cdot11}\right) = S$ $\therefore \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{2-1}{1+2\cdot1}\right) + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{3-2}{1+3\cdot2}\right) + \dots + \tan^{-1}\left(\frac{11-10}{1+11\cdot10}\right) = S$ $(\tan^{-1}2 - \tan^{-1}1) + (\tan^{-1}3 - \tan^{-1}2) + \dots + (\tan^{-1}11 - \tan^{-1}10) = S$ $\tan^{-1}11 - \tan^{-1}1 = S$ $\tan^{-1}\frac{10}{12} = S$ $\frac{5}{6} = \tan S$

Final answer: $\frac{5}{6}$