$\int_0^1(1+x) \log (1+x) d x=$

$\int_0^1(1+x) \log (1+x) d x=$
  1. $\frac{-3}{4}+\log 2$
  2. $\frac{3}{4}+2 \log 2$
  3. $2 \log 2$
  4. $\frac{-3}{4}+2 \log 2$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} I & =\int_0^1(1+x) \log (1+x) d x \\ & =\left[(\log (1+x))\left(x+\frac{x^2}{2}\right)\right]_0^1-\int_0^1 \frac{\left(x+\frac{x^2}{2}\right)}{1+x} d x \\ & =\frac{3}{2} \log _e 2-\frac{1}{2} \int_0^1\left[(x+1)-\frac{1}{1+x}\right] d x \\ & =\frac{3}{2} \log _e 2-\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{x^2}{2}+x-\log _e(1+x)\right]_0^1 \end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{3}{2} \log _e 2-\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{1}{2}+1-\log 2\right] \\ & =2\left(\log _e 2\right)-\frac{3}{4}=-\frac{3}{4}+2 \log _e 2 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET Full Test 7

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