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

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    \[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{{}}\log \sin x\,dx=\]        [MP PET 1994; RPET 1995, 96, 97]

    A)                 \[-\left( \frac{\pi }{2} \right)\log 2\]        

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

    C)                 \[-\pi \log \frac{1}{2}\] 

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

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               \[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \sin x\,dx=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\,\,\log \cos x\,dx}}\]                    Þ \[2I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \sin x\cos x\,dx}=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \sin 2x\,dx}-\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\,\,\log 2dx}\]                            \[=\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi }{\log \sin tdt-\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2}\],     (Putting \[2x=t\])                            \[=\frac{1}{2}.2\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\log \sin t\,dt-\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2}\]                 \[\Rightarrow 2I=I-\frac{\pi }{2}\log 2\Rightarrow I=\frac{-\pi }{2}\log 2\],\[\left\{ \because \int_{a}^{b}{f(x)dx=\int_{a}^{b}{f(t)dt}} \right\}\].


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