JEE Advanced2025Paper 2MATH-I
Q.
The total number of real solutions of the equation
is
(Here, the inverse trigonometric functions and assume values in and , respectively.)
- A
- B
- C
- D
Solution
Step 1: Introduce .
Let . The equation becomes .
Step 2: Apply and use the sine identity.
and .
The second relation yields , factoring to .
Step 3: Branch into two cases.
Case 1: . Substituting into gives a quadratic in whose solutions reduce to , i.e. .
Case 2: . The resulting equation has no real solution since the left and right sides have opposite signs.
Step 4: Count.
Three real solutions in total.
The correct option is (C).