JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Indefinite Integrals Question Bank Integration by Substitution

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    \[\int{\frac{dx}{\sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)}}\] is                [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

    A)                 \[\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\log \left| \frac{\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-b)} \right|+c\]    

    B)                 \[\frac{-1}{\sin (a-b)}\log \left| \frac{\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-b)} \right|+c\]

    C)                 \[\log \sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)+c\]

    D)                 \[\log \left| \frac{\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-b)} \right|\]

    E)                 \[\frac{1}{\sin (x-a)}\log \sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)+c\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       Let \[\int{\frac{dx}{\sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)}}\]                    \[=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\int{\frac{\sin \left\{ (x-b)-(x-a) \right\}}{\sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)}}\ dx\]                    \[=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\int{\frac{\sin (x-b)\cos (x-a)-\cos (x-b)\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-a)\sin (x-b)}dx}\]                    \[=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\left[ \int{\cot (x-a)dx-\int{\cot (x-b)dx}} \right]\]                    \[=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\ \left[ \log \sin (x-a)-\log \sin (x-b) \right]+c\]                                 \[=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)}\ \log \left| \frac{\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-b)} \right|+c\].


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