$\int \frac{\sin x \cdot \cos x}{\sin ^{4} x+\cos ^{4} x} d x=$

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

Solution

Let $I=\int \frac{\sin x \cdot \cos x}{\sin ^{4} x+\cos ^{4} x} d x$ Dividing numerator and denominator by $\cos ^{4} x$, we get $I=\int \frac{\tan x \sec ^{2} x}{\tan ^{4} x+1} d x$ Put $\tan ^{2} x=t \Rightarrow 2 \tan x \sec ^{2} x d x=d t$ $I=\frac{1}{2} \int \frac{d t}{1+t^{2}}=\frac{1}{2} \tan ^{-1} t=\frac{1}{2} \tan ^{-1}\left(\tan ^{2} x\right)+c$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (20 Oct Shift 2)

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