$\int \frac{d x}{7+5 \cos x}$ is equal to

$\int \frac{d x}{7+5 \cos x}$ is equal to
  1. $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \tan \frac{x}{2}\right)+c$
  2. $\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}} \tan \frac{x}{2}\right)+c$
  3. $\frac{1}{7} \tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right)+c$
  4. $\frac{1}{4} \tan ^{-1}\left(\tan \frac{x}{2}\right)+c$

Solution

$ \text { Let } \begin{aligned} I & =\int \frac{d x}{7+5 \cos x} \\ & =\int \frac{d x}{7\left(\cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}+\sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}\right)+5\left(\cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}-\sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}\right)} \\ & =\int \frac{d x}{12 \cos ^2 \frac{x}{2}+2 \sin ^2 \frac{x}{2}} \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \int \frac{\sec ^2 \frac{x}{2}}{6+\tan ^2 \frac{x}{2}} d x \end{aligned} $ Let $\tan \frac{x}{2}=z$ $ \begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \frac{1}{2} \sec ^2 \frac{x}{2} d x=d z \\ & \therefore \quad I=\int \frac{d z}{6+z^2} \\ & =\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}} \tan ^{-1} \frac{z}{\sqrt{6}}+c \\ & =\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}} \tan \frac{x}{2}\right)+c \\ & \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2002

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