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Q.(i) Find ∫ x² log x dx.

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(ii) Prove that ∫ (0 to π/2) √(sin x) / [√(sin x) + √(cos x)] dx = π/4. (4)
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Part (i) uses integration by parts (ILATE: log first). Part (ii) uses the classic substitution x→π/2−xx\to \pi/2-x trick: adding the integral to its transformed version collapses the integrand to 1.

(i) ∫x2log⁡x dx\displaystyle\int x^2\log x\,dx. Let u=log⁡xu=\log x (so du=1xdxdu=\frac1x dx) and dv=x2dxdv=x^2dx (so v=x33v=\frac{x^3}{3}).

By parts: ∫u dv=uv−∫v du\int u\,dv = uv-\int v\,du:

∫x2log⁡x dx=x33log⁡x−∫x33⋅1x dx=x33log⁡x−13∫x2 dx\int x^2\log x\,dx = \frac{x^3}{3}\log x - \int\frac{x^3}{3}\cdot\frac1x\,dx = \frac{x^3}{3}\log x - \frac13\int x^2\,dx

=x33log⁡x−x39+C= \frac{x^3}{3}\log x - \frac{x^3}{9} + C

(ii) Let I=∫0π/2sin⁡xsin⁡x+cos⁡x dx\displaystyle I=\int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{\sqrt{\sin x}}{\sqrt{\sin x}+\sqrt{\cos x}}\,dx.

Using the property ∫0af(x) dx=∫0af(a−x) dx\displaystyle\int_0^a f(x)\,dx=\int_0^a f(a-x)\,dx with a=π/2a=\pi/2, and noting sin⁡(π/2−x)=cos⁡x\sin(\pi/2-x)=\cos x, cos⁡(π/2−x)=sin⁡x\cos(\pi/2-x)=\sin x:

I=∫0π/2cos⁡xcos⁡x+sin⁡x dxI = \int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{\sqrt{\cos x}}{\sqrt{\cos x}+\sqrt{\sin x}}\,dx

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