BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    \[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{dx}{1+{{\tan }^{3}}x}}\]is equal to

    A) \[\pi \]                                   

    B)  \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]                  

    C)  \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]                  

    D)         \[\frac{3\pi }{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Let          \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{dx}{1+{{\tan }^{3}}x}}\] \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{\cos }^{3}}x}{{{\sin }^{3}}x+{{\cos }^{3}}x}}dx\]         ?(i) \[=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{\cos }^{3}}\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)}{{{\sin }^{3}}\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)+{{\cos }^{2}}\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)}}dx\] \[=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{\sin }^{3}}x}{{{\sin }^{3}}x+{{\cos }^{3}}x}dx}\]                           ?(ii) on adding Eqs.(i) and(ii),we get \[2I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{\sin }^{3}}x+{{\cos }^{3}}x}{{{\sin }^{3}}x+{{\cos }^{3}}x}dx}\] \[=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{1\,dx=\frac{\pi }{2}}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]               \[I=\frac{\pi }{4}\]


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