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[JEE Advanced 1993] Prove by induction that $\tan^{-1}\frac13+\tan^{-1}\frac17+\cdots+\tan^{-1}\frac1{n^2+n+1}=\tan^{-1}\frac n{n+2}$.

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Prove by induction that $\tan^{-1}\frac13+\tan^{-1}\frac17+\cdots+\tan^{-1}\frac1{n^2+n+1}=\tan^{-1}\frac n{n+2}$.

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Answer: Proved.

Each term $\tan^{-1}\frac1{n^2+n+1}=\tan^{-1}(n+1)-\tan^{-1}n$ telescopes; with $\tan^{-1}(n+1)-\tan^{-1}1=\tan^{-1}\frac n{n+2}$.

JEE Advanced 1993 · Binomial Theorem — verified solution by the Vidaara Team.

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