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Let A and B be acute angles measured counterclockwise from the...

Let AA and BB be acute angles measured counterclockwise from the positive xx-axis. If the point P(2x+1,1)P(2x+1, 1) lies on the terminal side of angle AA and the point Q(x+1,x)Q(x+1, x) lies on the terminal side of angle BB, where x>0x > 0, then the value of A+BA + B is:

Options

  1. Aπ4\dfrac{\pi}{4}
  2. B3π4\dfrac{3\pi}{4}
  3. Cπ2\dfrac{\pi}{2}
  4. Dπ6\dfrac{\pi}{6}

Correct answer

A. π4\dfrac{\pi}{4}

Step-by-step solution

From the given coordinates, the tangent of the angles can be found using tan⁡θ=yx\tan \theta = \dfrac{y}{x}.

For angle AA, the point is P(2x+1,1)P(2x+1, 1), so:
tan⁡A=12x+1\tan A = \dfrac{1}{2x+1}

For angle BB, the point is Q(x+1,x)Q(x+1, x), so:
tan⁡B=xx+1\tan B = \dfrac{x}{x+1}

Using the tangent addition formula:
tan⁡(A+B)=tan⁡A+tan⁡B1−tan⁡Atan⁡B\tan(A+B) = \dfrac{\tan A + \tan B}{1 - \tan A \tan B}

Substitute the values of tan⁡A\tan A and tan⁡B\tan B:
tan⁡(A+B)=12x+1+xx+11−(12x+1)(xx+1)\tan(A+B) = \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{2x+1} + \dfrac{x}{x+1}}{1 - \left(\dfrac{1}{2x+1}\right)\left(\dfrac{x}{x+1}\right)}

⇒tan⁡(A+B)=(x+1)+x(2x+1)(2x+1)(x+1)(2x+1)(x+1)−x(2x+1)(x+1)\Rightarrow \tan(A+B) = \dfrac{\dfrac{(x+1) + x(2x+1)}{(2x+1)(x+1)}}{\dfrac{(2x+1)(x+1) - x}{(2x+1)(x+1)}}

⇒tan⁡(A+B)=x+1+2x2+x2x2+3x+1−x\Rightarrow \tan(A+B) = \dfrac{x + 1 + 2x^2 + x}{2x^2 + 3x + 1 - x}

⇒tan⁡(A+B)=2x2+2x+12x2+2x+1=1\Rightarrow \tan(A+B) = \dfrac{2x^2 + 2x + 1}{2x^2 + 2x + 1} = 1

Since x>0x > 0, we have 0<tan⁡A<10 < \tan A < 1 and 0<tan⁡B<10 < \tan B < 1, which means 0<A<π40 < A < \dfrac{\pi}{4} and 0<B<π40 < B < \dfrac{\pi}{4}.

Therefore, 0<A+B<π20 < A+B < \dfrac{\pi}{2}.

Since tan⁡(A+B)=1\tan(A+B) = 1 and A+BA+B is in the first quadrant, we get A+B=π4A+B = \dfrac{\pi}{4}.

Answer: π4\dfrac{\pi}{4}
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