Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2011

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    \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{n}\left[ {{\sec }^{2}}\frac{\pi }{4n}+{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{2\pi }{4n}+...+{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{n\pi }{4n} \right]\]is equal to

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

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

    C) \[\frac{3}{\pi }\]                              

    D)        \[\frac{5}{\pi }\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{n}\left[ {{\sec }^{2}}\frac{\pi }{4n}+{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{2\pi }{4n}+...+{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{n\pi }{4n} \right]\]                 \[=\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{n}\sum\limits_{r=1}^{n}{{{\sec }^{2}}}\frac{r\pi }{4n}\]                 \[=\int_{0}^{1}{{{\sec }^{2}}\frac{\pi x}{4}dx}\]                 \[=\frac{4}{\pi }\left[ \tan \frac{\pi x}{4} \right]_{0}^{1}=\frac{4}{\pi }\]


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