$\int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{e^{\cos x}}{\left(e^{\cos x}+e^{-\cos x)}\right.} d x=$

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

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \text {Let } I &=\int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{e^{\cos x}}{e^{\cos x}+e^{-\cos x} d x}...(1) \\ &=\int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{e^{\cos (\pi-x)}}{e^{\cos (\pi-x)}+e^{-\cos (\pi-x)}} d x \\ &=\int_{0}^{\pi} \frac{e^{-\cos x}}{e^{-\cos x}+e^{\cos x} d x}...(2) \end{aligned}$ Adding equation (1) \& (2), we get $2 I=\int_{0}^{\pi} 1 d x=[x]_{0}^{\pi} \Rightarrow I=\frac{\pi}{2}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (20 Oct Shift 1)

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