JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Definite Integration Question Bank Summation of series by Definite Integration, Gamma function, Leibnitz's rule

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    \[\int_{\,0}^{\,\infty }{\frac{xdx}{(1+x)(1+{{x}^{2}})}=}\]                                              [Karnataka CET 2003]

    A)                 0             

    B)                 \[\pi /2\]

    C)                 \[\pi /4\]             

    D)                 1

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                       \[\int_{0}^{\infty }{\frac{xdx}{(1+x)(1+{{x}^{2}})}=\int_{0}^{\infty }{\frac{-\frac{1}{2}dx}{(1+x)}+\int_{0}^{\infty }{\frac{\left( \frac{1}{2}x+\frac{1}{2} \right)}{1+{{x}^{2}}}dx}}}\]            \[=\left[ \frac{-1}{2}\log (1+x) \right]_{0}^{\infty }+\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{2}[\log \,(1+{{x}^{2}})]\,_{0}^{\infty }+\frac{1}{2}[{{\tan }^{-1}}x]\,_{0}^{\infty }\]                                 \[=0+0+\frac{1}{2}\left[ \frac{\pi }{2}-0 \right]=\frac{\pi }{4}\].


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