HARIKRISHNAN M14 Years agoTAN45=1=TAN(1+44) 1=(TAN1+TAN44)/(1-TAN1TAN44) 1=TAN1+TAN44+TAN1TAN44 2=1+TAN1+TAN44+TAN1TAN44 I.E 2=(1+TAN1)(1+TAN44) SIMILARLY 2=(1+TAN2)(1+TAN43) ................................. ................................ 2=(1+TAN22)(1+TAN23) MULTYPLING WE GET (1+TAN1)(1+TAN2)...........(1+TAN44)=2^22 MULTIPLYING BY (1+TAN45)=2 we get the question which is equaal to 2^23 so y=23 hope you like the answer