$\int \frac{\sin 2 x d x}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x}=\tan ^{-1}(f(x))+c$, then $f\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)=$

$\int \frac{\sin 2 x d x}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x}=\tan ^{-1}(f(x))+c$, then $f\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)=$
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. $\frac{1}{3}$

Solution

Let $ \begin{aligned} I & =\int \frac{\sin 2 x d x}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x} \\ & =\int \frac{2 \sin x \cos x}{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x} d x \end{aligned} $ Dividing by $\cos ^2 x$ in numerator and denominator, we get $ =\int \frac{2 \tan x \sec ^2 x}{1+\left(\tan ^2 x\right)^2} d x $ Again let $\tan ^2 x=t$ $ \begin{aligned} \therefore \quad I & =\int \frac{d t}{1+t^2} \\ & =\tan ^{-1} t+C \\ & =\tan ^{-1}\left(\tan ^2 x\right)+C \end{aligned} $ By comparing with $\tan ^{-1} f(x)+C$, we get $ \begin{aligned} f(x) & =\tan ^2 x \\ \therefore \quad f\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right) & =\left\{\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)\right\}^2=(\sqrt{3})^2=3 . \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (22 Apr Shift 1)

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