Considering the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions, $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} x+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^2}\right),-\frac{1}{2}< x<\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$, is equal to
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} x+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^2}\right),-\frac{1}{2}< x<\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\
& \text { Let } x=\cos \theta, \theta \in\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{2 \pi}{3}\right) \\
& \Rightarrow \sqrt{1-x^2}=\sin \theta \text { as } \sin \theta>0
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>$\begin{aligned} \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \cos \theta+\frac{1}{2} \sin \theta\right)=\sin ^{-1}( & \left.\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{3}+\theta\right)\right) \\ & \frac{\pi}{3}+\theta \in\left(\frac{7 \pi}{2}, \pi\right)\end{aligned}$</p>
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& =\sin ^{-1}\left(\sin \left(\pi-\left(\frac{\pi}{3}+\theta\right)\right)\right) \\
& =\sin ^{-1}\left(\sin \left(\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\theta\right)\right) \\
& =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\theta \\
& =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\cos ^{-1} x \\
& =\frac{2 \pi}{3}-\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\sin ^{-1} x\right) \\
& =\frac{\pi}{6}+\sin ^{-1} x
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Inverse Trigonometric Functions · Topic: Domain and Range
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