Correct Answer :
Solution :
To find the total number of real solutions of the equation:
Let
.
First, let us simplify the term inside the inverse sine function:
We use the standard property of the inverse sine function:
Here,
. Let us check the case where
, which corresponds to
.
Under this condition, the term simplifies to:
Substituting this back into the original equation, we get:
Since the range of
is
and the range of
is also
, the RHS lies within
. For any solution, we must have
for the tangent function on the LHS to be defined. Taking the tangent of both sides:
Rearranging this equation:
This yields three real values for
:
All three values satisfy our initial assumption
. Let us find the corresponding values of
in the principal domain
:
1. For
.
2. For
.
3. For
.
Analyzing the alternative intervals (e.g. ) yields no further valid real solutions. Therefore, the total number of real solutions of the equation is 3.
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