$\int_0^\pi \frac{x \tan x}{\sec x+\cos x} \mathrm{~d} x=$

$\int_0^\pi \frac{x \tan x}{\sec x+\cos x} \mathrm{~d} x=$
  1. $\frac{\pi}{8}$
  2. $-\frac{\pi^2}{8}$
  3. $\frac{\pi^2}{4}$
  4. $-\frac{\pi^2}{4}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \text { Let } \mathrm{I}=\int_0^\pi \frac{x \tan x}{\sec x+\cos x} \mathrm{~d} x \quad \ldots \text { (i) } \\ & \therefore \quad \mathrm{I}=\int_0^\pi \frac{(\pi-x) \tan x}{\sec x+\cos x} \mathrm{~d} x \ldots \text { (ii) } \\ & \ldots\left[\because \int_0^{\mathrm{a}} \mathrm{f}(x) \mathrm{d} x=\int_0^{\mathrm{a}} \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{a}-x) \mathrm{d} x\right]\end{aligned}$ Adding (i) and (ii), we get $\begin{aligned} & 2 \mathrm{I}=\pi \int_0^\pi \frac{\tan x}{\sec x+\cos x} \mathrm{~d} x \\ & \Rightarrow \mathrm{I}=\frac{\pi}{2} \int_0^\pi \frac{\sin x}{1+\cos ^2 x} \mathrm{~d} x \end{aligned}$ Put $\cos x=\mathrm{t} \Rightarrow \sin x \mathrm{~d} x=-\mathrm{dt}$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad \mathrm{I} & =-\frac{\pi}{2} \int_1^{-1} \frac{\mathrm{dt}}{1+\mathrm{t}^2} \\ & =-\frac{\pi}{2}\left[\tan ^{-1} \mathrm{t}\right]_1^{-1} \\ & =\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)=\frac{\pi^2}{4} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (10 May Shift 2)

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