The integral $\int_{7 \pi / 4}^{7 \pi / 3} \sqrt{\tan ^2 x} d x$ is equal to :

The integral $\int_{7 \pi / 4}^{7 \pi / 3} \sqrt{\tan ^2 x} d x$ is equal to :
  1. $\log 2 \sqrt{2}$
  2. $\log 2$
  3. $2 \log 2$
  4. $\log \sqrt{2}$

Solution

Let $\mathrm{I}=\int_{7 \pi / 4}^{7 \pi / 3} \sqrt{\tan ^2 x} d x$ $ =\int_{7 \pi / 4}^{7 \pi / 3} \tan x d x=-\left.\log \cos x\right|_{7 \pi / 4} ^{7 \pi / 3} $ $=-\left[\log \cos \frac{7 \pi}{3}-\log \cos \frac{7 \pi}{4}\right]$ $=\log \cos \frac{7 \pi}{4}-\log \cos \frac{7 \pi}{3}$ $=\log \left[\frac{\cos \frac{7 \pi}{4}}{\cos \frac{7 \pi}{3}}\right]=\log \left[\frac{\cos \left(2 \pi-\frac{\pi}{4}\right)}{\cos \left(2 \pi+\frac{\pi}{3}\right)}\right]$ $=\log \left(\frac{\cos \frac{\pi}{4}}{\cos \frac{\pi}{3}}\right)=\log \left(\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}{\frac{1}{2}}\right)$ $=\log \left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{2}}\right)=\log \sqrt{2}$

Asked in: JEE Main 2013 (22 Apr Online)

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