$\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}}\left[\frac{\tan x}{\tan x+\cot x}\right] d x=$

$\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}}\left[\frac{\tan x}{\tan x+\cot x}\right] d x=$
  1. $\frac{\pi}{2}$
  2. $\frac{3 \pi}{10}$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{5}$
  4. $\frac{\pi}{20}$

Solution

$\begin{array}{l} \int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}}\left[\frac{\tan x}{\tan x+\cot x}\right] d x...(1) \\ =\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}}\left[\frac{\tan \left(\frac{3 \pi}{10}+\frac{\pi}{5}-x\right)+\cot \left(\frac{3 \pi}{10}+\frac{\pi}{5}-x\right)}{\tan \left(\frac{3 \pi}{10}+\frac{\pi}{5}-x\right)}\right] d x=\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{10} \frac{3 \pi}{\tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right)+\cot \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right)} \tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) \\ =\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}} \frac{\tan x+\cot x} d x...(2) \end{array}$ Equation (1) + (2) gives $\begin{aligned} 2 I &=\int_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}} d x=[x]_{\frac{\pi}{5}}^{\frac{3 \pi}{10}}=\left(\frac{3 \pi}{10}-\frac{\pi}{5}\right)=\frac{\pi}{10} \\ \therefore I &=\frac{\pi}{20} \end{aligned}$

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

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