JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 20

  • question_answer
    The value of \[\int\limits_{{{-}^{\pi }}}^{\pi }{\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}x}{1+{{a}^{x}}}}dx,\] \[a>0,\]is

    A) \[\pi \]                          

    B)   \[a\pi \]       

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

    D)   \[2\pi \]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\int\limits_{-\pi }^{\pi }{\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}x}{1+{{a}^{x}}}}dx=I,\] Also \[I=\int\limits_{-\pi }^{\pi }{\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}x}{1+{{a}^{-x}}}}\,\,dx\] \[I+I=\int\limits_{-\pi }^{\pi }{{{\cos }^{2}}\,x\,dx=2}\int\limits_{0}^{\pi }{{{\cos }^{2}}x\,dx}\] \[\left. =2.\frac{1}{2}\int\limits_{0}^{\pi }{\left( 1+\cos 2x \right)}\,\,dx=\left( x+\frac{\sin 2x}{2} \right) \right|_{0}^{\pi }=\pi \] \[\Rightarrow \,\,I=\frac{\pi }{2}\]


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