$\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log \left(\frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\cos x}\right) d x=$

$\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log \left(\frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\cos x}\right) d x=$
  1. $\frac{\pi}{2} \log 2$
  2. $\frac{\pi}{4} \log 2$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{6} \log 2$
  4. $\frac{\pi}{8} \log 2$

Solution

Let $\begin{aligned} & I=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log \left(\frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\cos x}\right) d x \\ &=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log (1+\tan \theta) \mathrm{d} \theta \\ &=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log \left[1+\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\theta\right)\right] \mathrm{d} \theta \\ & \cdots \cdot\left[\because \int_0^a f(x) \mathrm{d} x=\int_0^a \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{a}-x) \mathrm{d} x\right]\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log \left(1+\frac{1-\tan \theta}{1+\tan \theta}\right) d \theta \\ & =\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log 2 d \theta-\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log (1+\tan \theta) d \theta \\ \therefore \quad & 2 I=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \log 2 d \theta \Rightarrow I=\frac{\log 2}{2}[\theta]_0^{\pi / 4}=\frac{\pi}{8} \log 2\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (10 May Shift 2)

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