BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2013

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    The value of \[\int_{0}^{1}{{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2x-1}{1+x-{{x}^{2}}} \right)dx}\]is

    A)  1                            

    B)         0                            

    C)  \[-1\]                   

    D)         \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Let \[l=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{2x-1}{1+x-{{x}^{2}}} \right)}dx\] \[=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{{{\tan }^{-1}}\left\{ \frac{x+(x-1)}{1-x(x-1)} \right\}}dx\] \[=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\{{{\tan }^{-1}}x+{{\tan }^{-1}}(x-1)\}}dx\]              \[\left\{ \because \,{{\tan }^{-1}}x+{{\tan }^{-1}}y={{\tan }^{-1}}\left( \frac{x+y}{1-xy} \right) \right\}\]                 \[\Rightarrow \]    \[l=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\{{{\tan }^{-1}}x-{{\tan }^{-1}}(1-x)\}}dx\]   ?(i)                 Also \[l=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\{{{\tan }^{-1}}(1-x)-{{\tan }^{-1}}\{1-(1-x)\}\}}dx\]                                 \[\left[ \because \,\int_{0}^{a}{f(x)dx=}\int_{0}^{a}{f(a-x)dx} \right]\] \[l=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{[{{\tan }^{-1}}(1-x)-{{\tan }^{-1}}x]}dx\]  ?(ii) On adding Eqs.(i) and (ii), we get                 \[2l=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[l=0\]


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