$\int \frac{5 \tan x}{\tan x-2} \mathrm{~d} x=x+\mathrm{a} \log |\sin x-2 \cos x|+\mathrm{c}$ (where…

$\int \frac{5 \tan x}{\tan x-2} \mathrm{~d} x=x+\mathrm{a} \log |\sin x-2 \cos x|+\mathrm{c}$ (where $\mathrm{c}$ is a constant of integration), then the value of $a$ is
  1. $1$
  2. $\frac{1}{2}$
  3. $2$
  4. $3$

Solution

$\text { Let } \begin{aligned} \mathrm{I} & =\int \frac{5 \tan x}{\tan x-2} \mathrm{~d} x \\ & =\int \frac{5 \sin x}{\sin x-2 \cos x} \mathrm{~d} x \end{aligned}$ Let $5 \sin x=\mathrm{A}(\sin x-2 \cos x)$ $+\mathrm{B} \cdot \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d} x}(\sin x-2 \cos x)$ $\begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad 5 \sin x=\mathrm{A}(\sin x-2 \cos x)+\mathrm{B}(\cos x+2 \sin x) \\ & \therefore \quad \mathrm{A}+2 \mathrm{~B}=5 \text { and }-2 \mathrm{~A}+\mathrm{B}=0 \end{aligned}$ Solving these equations, we get $\begin{aligned} \mathrm{A} & =1, \mathrm{~B}=2 \\ \therefore \quad \mathrm{I} & =\int 1 \mathrm{~d} x+2 \int \frac{\cos x+2 \sin x}{\sin x-2 \cos x} \mathrm{~d} x \\ & =x+2 \log |\sin x-2 \cos x|+\mathrm{c} \end{aligned}$ But $\int \frac{5 \tan x}{\tan x-2} \mathrm{~d} x=x+\operatorname{alog}|\sin x-2 \cos x|+\mathrm{c}$ Comparing, we get $\mathrm{a}=2$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (10 May Shift 2)

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