JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Definite Integration Question Bank Properties of Definite Integration

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    \[\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log (1+\tan \theta )\,d\theta =}\] [SCRA 1986; Karnataka CET 2000, 05]

    A)                 \[\frac{\pi }{4}\log 2\]   

    B)                 \[\frac{\pi }{4}\log \frac{1}{2}\]

    C)                 \[\frac{\pi }{8}\log 2\]   

    D)                 \[\frac{\pi }{8}\log \frac{1}{2}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

               \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\,\,\,\log (1+\tan \theta )d\theta }\]Þ \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log \left\{ 1+\tan \left( \frac{\pi }{4}-\theta  \right) \right\}}\,d\theta \]            Þ  I = \[\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log \left( 1+\frac{1-\tan \theta }{1+\tan \theta } \right)\,d\theta }\]                    Þ  I = \[\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log 2d\theta -\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log (1+\tan \theta )\,d\theta }}\]                                 \[\Rightarrow I=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi /4}{\log 2d\theta =\frac{\log 2}{2}|\theta |_{0}^{\pi /4}=\frac{\pi }{8}\log 2}\].


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