The integral $\int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{d x}{\sin 2 x\left(\tan ^5 x+\cot ^5 x\right)}$ is…

The integral $\int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{d x}{\sin 2 x\left(\tan ^5 x+\cot ^5 x\right)}$ is equal to
  1. $\frac{1}{5}\left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{3}}\right)\right)$
  2. $\frac{1}{10}\left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}\right)\right)$
  3. $\frac{1}{20} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}\right)$
  4. $\frac{\pi}{40}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \text {Let } I & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{d x}{\sin 2 x\left(\tan ^5 x+\cot ^5 x\right)} \\ & =\int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{\mathrm{~d} x}{2 \sin x \cos x\left(\tan ^5 x+\frac{1}{\tan ^5 x}\right)} \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{\sec ^2 x}{\tan x\left(\frac{\tan ^{10} x+1}{\tan ^5 x}\right)} \mathrm{d} x \\ & =\frac{1}{2} \int_{\frac{\pi}{6}}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{\tan ^4 x \sec ^2 x}{\tan ^{10} x+1} \mathrm{~d} x \end{aligned}$ Put $\tan ^5 x=\mathrm{t} \Rightarrow 5 \tan ^4 x \sec ^2 x \mathrm{~d} x=\mathrm{dt}$ $\begin{aligned} \therefore \quad \mathrm{I} & =\frac{1}{2} \int_{\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}}^1 \frac{\frac{\mathrm{dt}}{5}}{\mathrm{t}^2+1} \\ & =\frac{1}{10}\left[\tan ^{-1} \mathrm{t}\right]_{\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}}^1 \\ & =\frac{1}{10}\left[\tan ^{-1} 1-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}\right)\right] \\ & =\frac{1}{10}\left[\frac{\pi}{4}-\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{9 \sqrt{3}}\right)\right]\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2024 (09 May Shift 2)

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