Let $$f(x)=\frac{\sin x+\cos x-\sqrt{2}}{\sin x-\cos x}, x \in[0, \pi]-\left\{\frac{\pi}{4}\right\}$$. Then $f\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right) f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right)$ is equal to
Solution
$f(x)=\frac{\sin x+\cos x-\sqrt{2}}{\sin x-\cos x}$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& =\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \sin x+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \cos x-1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \sin x-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \cos x} \\\\
& =\frac{\cos \left(x-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)-1}{\sin \left(x-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)} \\\\
& =\frac{-2 \sin ^2\left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)}{2 \sin \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \cos \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)}
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow f(x)=-\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \\\\
& \Rightarrow f^{\prime}(x)=-\frac{1}{2} \sec ^2\left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow f^{\prime \prime}(x)=-\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2 \sec \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \cdot \sec \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)\tan \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \times \frac{1}{2} \\\\
& =-\frac{1}{2} \sec ^2\left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \cdot \tan \left(\frac{x}{2}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$$
\begin{aligned}
& \text { Now, } f\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right) f^{\prime \prime}\left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right) \\\\
& =-\tan \left(\frac{7 \pi}{24}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \times \frac{-1}{2} \sec ^2\left(\frac{7 \pi}{24}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \times \tan \left(\frac{7 \pi}{24}-\frac{\pi}{8}\right) \\\\
& =\frac{1}{2} \tan ^2\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right) \times \sec ^2 \frac{\pi}{6} \\\\
& =\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{4}{3}=\frac{2}{9}
\end{aligned}
$$
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Differentiation · Topic: Derivatives of Standard Functions
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