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Let $S_{n}=\cot ^{-1} 2+\cot ^{-1} 8+\cot ^{-1} 18+\cot ^{-1} 32+\ldots \ldots .$ to $n^{\text {th }}$ term. Then $\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} S_{n}$ is
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Options:
  • A $\frac{\pi}{3}$
  • B $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  • C $\frac{\pi}{6}$
  • D $\frac{\pi}{8}$
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The correct answer is: $\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\begin{aligned} & t_{n}=\cot ^{-1} 2 n^{2} \\=& \tan ^{-1} \frac{1}{2 n^{2}}=\tan ^{-1} \frac{(2 n+1)-(2 n-1)}{1+(2 n+1)(2 n-1)} \\=& \tan ^{-1}(2 n+1)-\tan ^{-1}(2 n-1) \\ \therefore & S_{n}=\tan ^{-1}(2 n+1)-\tan ^{-1} 1 \\ \therefore & \operatorname{Lim}_{n \rightarrow \infty} S_{n}=\pi / 2-\pi / 4=\pi / 4 \end{aligned}$

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