JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Definite Integration Question Bank Fundamental definite integration, Definite integration by substitution

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    \[\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\frac{dx}{{{\cos }^{4}}x-{{\cos }^{2}}x{{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\sin }^{4}}x}=}\]

    A)                 \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]              

    B)                 \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    C)                 \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]              

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               Divide \[{{N}^{r}}\] and \[{{D}^{r}}\]by \[{{\cos }^{4}}x\]                    \ \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\frac{{{\sec }^{2}}x{{\sec }^{2}}x\,dx}{1-{{\tan }^{2}}x+{{\tan }^{4}}x}}\]            Put \[\tan x=t\]and \[{{\sec }^{2}}xdx=dt\]and adjust the limits, we get  \[I=\int_{0}^{1}{\frac{(1+{{t}^{2}})}{{{t}^{4}}-{{t}^{2}}+1}}\,dt\]                                   \[=\left[ {{\tan }^{-1}}\frac{{{t}^{2}}-1}{t} \right]_{0}^{1}={{\tan }^{-1}}(0)-{{\tan }^{-1}}(-\infty )=\frac{\pi }{2}\].


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