Q111 / 160 · TS EAMCET 2018 (05 May Shift 1) · Mathematics

$\int(\sqrt{\tan x}+\sqrt{\cot x}) d x=$

  • A
    $\sqrt{2} \sin ^{-1}(\sin x+\cos x)+c$
  • B
    $\sqrt{2} \cos ^{-1}(\sin x+\cos x)+c$
  • C
    $\sqrt{2} \cos ^{-1}(\sin x-\cos x)+c$
  • Correct answer
    D
    $\sqrt{2} \sin ^{-1}(\sin x-\cos x)+c$

Solution

We have, $$ \begin{aligned} & \int(\sqrt{\tan x}+\sqrt{\cot x}) d x \\ & =\int\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}}+\sqrt{\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}}\right) d x=\int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\sqrt{\sin x \cos x}} \end{aligned} $$ multiply and divide by $\sqrt{2}$, $$ \begin{aligned} & \quad \sqrt{2} \int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\sqrt{2 \sin x \cos x}} d x=\sqrt{2} \int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\sqrt{1-1+2 \sin x \cos x}} d x \\ & =\sqrt{2} \int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{1-(1-2 \sin x \cos x)} d x \\ & =\sqrt{2} \int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{1-\left(\sin ^2 x+\cos ^2 x-2 \sin x \cos x\right)} d x \\ & =\sqrt{2} \int \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{1-(\sin x-\cos x)^2} d x \\ & \text { Put }(\sin x-\cos x)=t \Rightarrow \quad(\cos x+\sin x) d x=d t \\ & =\sqrt{2} \int \frac{d t}{1-t^2}=\sqrt{2} \sin ^{-1} t=\sqrt{2} \sin ^{-1}(\sin x-\cos x)+c \end{aligned} $$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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