$\int_{0}^{1}\left(\frac{x^{2}-2}{x^{2}+1}\right) d x=$

$\int_{0}^{1}\left(\frac{x^{2}-2}{x^{2}+1}\right) d x=$
  1. $1+\frac{3 \pi}{4}$
  2. $1-\frac{3 \pi}{4}$
  3. $1-\frac{\pi}{4}$
  4. $1+\frac{\pi}{4}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{2}+1-3}{x^{2}+1} d x &=\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{2}+1}{x^{2}+1}-\frac{3}{x^{2}+1} d x \\ &=\int_{0}^{1} 1-\frac{3}{x^{2}+1} d x=\left[x-3 \tan ^{-1} x\right]_{0}^{1} \\ &=\left(1-3 \tan ^{-1} 1\right)-\left(0-3 \tan ^{-1} 0\right)=1- \frac{3 \pi}{4} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (16 Oct Shift 2)

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