$\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{x \cos (x)}{1+\cos (x)} d x=$

$\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{x \cos (x)}{1+\cos (x)} d x=$
  1. $\frac{\pi}{6}$
  2. $\pi^2$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{4}$
  4. None of the above.

Solution

$I=\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{x \cos x}{1+\cos x} d x$ On applying property $\int_0^a f(x) d x=\int_0^a f(a-x) d x$, we get $ I=\int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{(2 \pi-x) \cos x}{1+\cos x} d x \ldots \text { (ii) }\{\because \cos (2 \pi-x)=\cos x\} $ On adding Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get $ \begin{aligned} 2 I & =2 \pi \int_0^{2 \pi} \frac{\cos x}{1+\cos x} d x \\ \Rightarrow I & =2 \pi \int_0^\pi \frac{\cos x}{1+\cos x} d x=2 \pi \int_0^\pi\left(1-\frac{1}{1+\cos x}\right) d x \\ & =2 \pi \int_0^\pi\left(1-\frac{\sec ^2 \frac{x}{2}}{2}\right) d x=2 \pi\left[x-\tan \frac{x}{2}\right]_0^\pi \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (22 Sep Shift 1)

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