Q112 / 160 · TS EAMCET 2023 (12 May Shift 2) · Mathematics

$\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{\sec x}{1+2 \sin ^2 x} d x=$

  • Correct answer
    A
    $\frac{1}{3} \log (\sqrt{2}+1)+\frac{\pi \sqrt{2}}{12}$
  • B
    $\frac{2}{3} \log (\sqrt{2}+1)+\frac{\pi \sqrt{2}}{6}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{6} \log (\sqrt{2}-1)+\frac{\pi}{12}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{4} \log (\sqrt{2}-1)-\frac{\pi \sqrt{3}}{6}$

Solution

$$ \begin{aligned} & \int_0^{\pi / 4} \frac{\sec x}{1+2 \sin ^2 x} d x \\ = & \int_0^{\pi / 4} \frac{\cos x}{\cos ^2 x\left(1+2 \sin ^2 x\right)} d x \\ = & \int_0^{\pi / 4} \frac{\cos x d x}{\left(1-\sin ^2 x\right)\left(1+2 \sin ^2 x\right)} d x \end{aligned} $$ Let $\sin x=t \therefore \sin 0=0$ $$ \begin{aligned} & \cos x d x=d t ; \sin \frac{\pi}{4}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\ & \int_0^{1 / \sqrt{2}} \frac{d t}{\left(1-t^2\right)\left(1+2 t^2\right)}=\int_0^{1 / \sqrt{2}}\left(\frac{1}{1-t^2}+\frac{2}{1+2 t^2}\right) d t \\ & =\frac{1}{3}\left[\frac{1}{2} \log \left(\frac{1+t}{1-t}\right)+\frac{2}{\sqrt{2}} \tan ^{-1} \sqrt{2} t\right]_0^{1 / \sqrt{2}} \end{aligned} $$ $\begin{aligned} & =\frac{1}{3}\left[\frac{1}{2} \log \left(\frac{\sqrt{2}+1}{\sqrt{2}-1}\right)+\sqrt{2} \tan ^{-1} 1\right] \\ & =\frac{1}{3}\left[\frac{1}{2} \log (\sqrt{2}+1)^2+\sqrt{2} \cdot \frac{\pi}{4}\right] \\ & =\frac{1}{3}\left[\log (\sqrt{2}+1)+\frac{\pi}{2 \sqrt{2}}\right]=\frac{1}{3} \log (\sqrt{2}+1)+\frac{\pi \sqrt{2}}{12} .\end{aligned}$

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

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