JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    If\[f(x)=\]\[\left| \begin{matrix}    \sin x+\sin 2x+\sin 3x & \sin 2x & \sin 3x  \\    3+4\sin x & 3 & 4\sin x  \\    1+\sin x & \sin x & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\], then the value of\[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{f(x)}dx\]is

    A) \[3\]

    B) \[2/3\]

    C) \[1/3\]

    D) \[0\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have, \[f(x)=\left| \begin{matrix}    \sin x+\sin 2x+\sin 3x & \sin 2x & \sin 3x  \\    3+4\sin x & 3 & 4\sin x  \\    1+\sin x & \sin x & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\] Applying\[{{C}_{1}}\to {{C}_{1}}-{{C}_{2}}-{{C}_{3}}\], we get                 \[f(x)=\left| \begin{matrix}    \sin x & \sin 2x & \sin 3x  \\    0 & 3 & 4\sin x  \\    0 & \sin x & 1  \\ \end{matrix} \right|\]                 \[=3\sin x-4{{\sin }^{3}}x=\sin 3x\] \[\therefore \]  \[\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{f(x)}\,dx=\int_{0}^{\pi /2}{\sin 3x}\,dx\]                 \[=\left[ -\frac{\cos 3x}{3} \right]_{0}^{\pi /2}\]                 \[=-\frac{1}{3}\left[ \cos \frac{3\pi }{2}-\cos 0 \right]=\frac{1}{3}\]


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