If $\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})$ then $\int_a^b…

If $\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}-\mathrm{x})=\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})$ then $\int_a^b \mathrm{xf}(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{dx}$ is equal to
  1. $\frac{a+b}{2} \int_a^b f(a+b-x) d x$
  2. $\frac{a+b}{2} \int_a^b f(b-x) d x$
  3. $\frac{a+b}{2} \int_a^b f(x) d x$
  4. $\frac{b-a}{2} \int_a^b f(x) d x$

Solution

$I=\int_a^b x f(x) d x=\int_a^b(a+b-x) f(a+b-x) d x$ $=(a+b) \int_a^b f(a+b-x) d x-\int_a^b x f(a+b-x) d x$ $=(a+b) \int_a^b f(a+b-x) d x-\int_a^b x f(x) d x$ $2 I=(a+b) \int_a^b f(x) d x$ $I=\frac{(a+b)}{2} \int_a^b f(x) d x ; I=\frac{(a+b)}{2} \int_a^b f(a+b-x) d x$

Asked in: JEE Main 2003

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