JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2002

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    \[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\sin x}{\sin x+\cos x}}dx\]is equal to:

    A) \[\pi \]                                 

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

    C) \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]                                              

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

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let          \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\sin x}{\sin x+\cos x}dx}\]                       ... (i)                 \[=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\sin \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)}{\sin \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)+\cos \left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)}dx}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos x}{\sin x+\cos x}dx}\]                      ? (ii) On adding Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get                 \[2I=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{1dx}\]                 \[=[x]_{0}^{\pi /2}=\frac{\pi }{2}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[I=\frac{\pi }{4}\]


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