JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Indefinite Integrals Question Bank Self Evaluation Test - Integrals

  • question_answer
    The value of \[\int_{0}^{\pi }{ln(1+\cos \,\,x)dx}\] is

    A) \[\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2\]

    B) \[\pi \log 2\]

    C) \[-\pi \log 2\]

    D) 0

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi }{\log (1+\cos x)dx=\int_{0}^{\pi }{\log (2\,\,{{\cos }^{2}}\frac{x}{2})dx}}\] \[=\int_{0}^{\pi }{(\log 2+2\log \cos \frac{x}{2})dx}\] \[=\int_{0}^{\pi }{\log 2dx+2\int_{0}^{\pi }{\log \cos \frac{x}{2}dx}}\] \[=\pi \log 2+2\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{(2\,\,\log \,\,\cos \,\,t)dt}\] where \[\frac{x}{2}=t\] \[=\pi \log 2+4\left( -\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2 \right)\] \[=\pi \log 2-2\pi \log 2=-\pi \log 2\] \[\left[ \int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \sin \theta d\theta =\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \cos \theta d\theta =-\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2}} \right]\]


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