KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-17

  • question_answer
    If \[f(x)\] be a real valued function defined by \[2f(\tan x)+f(\cot \,x)=x;x\in R-\left\{ \frac{n\pi }{2},n\in I \right\}\] then \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{f(x)}dx+\frac{1}{2}\ell n\,2\] is equal to

    A) \[\frac{\pi }{12}\]

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]

    C) \[-\frac{\pi }{12}\]

    D) \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[2f\left( \tan x \right)+\left( \cot x \right)\]\[=x;x\in R-\left\{ \frac{n\pi }{2},n\in I \right\}\]
    Replacing, \[x\]by \[\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)\]
    \[2f\left( \cot \,x \right)+f\left( \tan \,x \right)=\frac{\pi }{2}-x\]
    Solving, we get \[f\left( \tan \,x \right)=x-\frac{\pi }{6}\]
    \[\Rightarrow f\left( x \right)={{\tan }^{-1}}x-\frac{\pi }{6}\]
    \[\int\limits_{0}^{1}{f\left( x \right)dx=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\left( {{\tan }^{-1}}x-\frac{\pi }{6} \right)}dx}\]\[=\left( x{{\tan }^{-1}}x \right)_{0}^{1}\left. -\frac{1}{2}\ell n\left( 1+{{x}^{2}} \right) \right|_{0}^{1}-\frac{\pi }{6}\]
    \[=\frac{\pi }{4}-\frac{1}{2}\ell n2-\frac{\pi }{4}=\frac{\pi }{12}-\frac{1}{2}\ell n2\]
    \[\therefore \int\limits_{0}^{1}{f\left( x \right)dx+\frac{1}{2}\ell n2=\frac{\pi }{12}.}\]


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