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

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    \[\int_{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}\,dx=}\]                                            [EAMCET 1992]

    A)                 1             

    B)                 0

    C)                 \[-1\]    

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               \[I=\int_{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx=\int_{-\pi /2}^{0}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx+\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx}}}\] ?..(i)            Putting \[x=-t\]in \[\int_{-\pi /2}^{0}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx}\], we get            \[I=\int_{-\pi /2}^{0}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{e}^{x}}\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx}}\]            \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{{{e}^{x}}\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx+\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos x}{1+{{e}^{x}}}dx}}\]                    \[=\int_{\,0}^{\,\pi /2}{\frac{(1+{{e}^{x}})\cos x\,dx}{(1+{{e}^{x}})}}\]\[=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\cos x\,dx=[\sin x]_{0}^{\pi /2}=1}\].


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