$\int_{-1}^{3}\left[\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{x^{2}+1}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x^{2}+1}{x}\right)\right]…

$\int_{-1}^{3}\left[\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{x^{2}+1}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x^{2}+1}{x}\right)\right] d x=$
  1. $\pi$
  2. $2 \pi$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{2}$
  4. $\frac{\pi}{4}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} I &=\int_{-1}^{3}\left[\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{x^{2}+1}\right)+\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x^{2}+1}{x}\right)\right] d x \\ &=\int_{-1}^{3}\left[\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{x^{2}+1}\right)+\cot ^{-1}\left(\frac{x}{x^{2}+1}\right)\right] d x \\ &=\int_{-1}^{3} \frac{\pi}{2} d x=\frac{\pi}{2}[x]_{-1}^{3}=\frac{4 \pi}{2} \\ &=2 \pi \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (20 Oct Shift 1)

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