Let $\mathrm{f}(x)=\int \frac{\sqrt{x}}{(1+x)^2} \mathrm{~d} x, x \geq 0$, then…

Let $\mathrm{f}(x)=\int \frac{\sqrt{x}}{(1+x)^2} \mathrm{~d} x, x \geq 0$, then $\mathrm{f}(3)-\mathrm{f}(1)$ is equal to
  1. $-\frac{\pi}{6}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$
  2. $-\frac{\pi}{12}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$
  3. $\frac{\pi}{6}+\frac{1}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}$
  4. \(\frac{\pi}{12}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}+\frac{1}{2}\)

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{f}(x)=\int \frac{\sqrt{x}}{(1+x)^2} \mathrm{~d} x, x \geq 0 \\ & \mathrm{f}(3)-\mathrm{f}(1)=\int_1^3 \frac{\sqrt{x}}{(1+x)^2} \mathrm{~d} x=\mathrm{I}(\text { say }) \end{aligned}$ Put $\sqrt{x}=\tan \theta \Rightarrow \mathrm{d} x=2 \tan \theta \sec ^2 \theta \mathrm{d} \theta$ When $x=1, \theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$ and when $x=3, \theta=\frac{\pi}{3}$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad I & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \frac{2 \tan ^2 \theta \sec ^2 \theta}{\left(1+\tan ^2 \theta\right)^2} d \theta \\ & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \frac{2 \tan ^2 \theta}{1+\tan ^2 \theta} d \theta \\ & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \frac{2 \sin ^2 \theta+\cos ^2 \theta}{} d \theta \\ & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}}(1-\cos 2 \theta) \mathrm{d} \theta \\ & =\left[\theta-\frac{\sin 2 \theta}{2}\right]_{\frac{\pi}{4}}^{\frac{\pi}{3}} \\ & =\left(\frac{\pi}{3}-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}-1\right) \\ & =\frac{\pi}{12}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}+\frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (11 May Shift 1)

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