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Q.Evaluate ∫√(1+cosec x) dx. OR Evaluate ∫(x²+1)eˣ/(x+1)² dx.

West Bengal WbchseWest Bengal HS (WBCHSE) Board 2023Subjective· 4mImportance★★★★★
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Rewrite 1+csc⁡x1+\csc x as a perfect square over sin⁡x\sin x using half-angles, reduce to a single tangent-half-angle substitution, and finish with the standard formula for ∫1+t21+t4 dt\int\frac{1+t^2}{1+t^4}\,dt.

Step 1 — turn 1+csc⁡x1+\csc x into a square. With u=x/2u=x/2: 1+sin⁡x=(sin⁡u+cos⁡u)21+\sin x=(\sin u+\cos u)^2 and sin⁡x=2sin⁡ucos⁡u\sin x=2\sin u\cos u, so

1+csc⁡x=1+sin⁡xsin⁡x=(sin⁡u+cos⁡u)22sin⁡ucos⁡u ⇒ 1+csc⁡x=cos⁡u+sin⁡u2sin⁡ucos⁡u=1+tan⁡u2tan⁡u1+\csc x=\frac{1+\sin x}{\sin x}=\frac{(\sin u+\cos u)^2}{2\sin u\cos u}\ \Rightarrow\ \sqrt{1+\csc x}=\frac{\cos u+\sin u}{\sqrt{2\sin u\cos u}}=\frac{1+\tan u}{\sqrt{2\tan u}}

(dividing numerator and denominator by cos⁡u>0\cos u>0, and using 2sin⁡ucos⁡u=cos⁡u2tan⁡u\sqrt{2\sin u\cos u}=\cos u\sqrt{2\tan u}).

Step 2 — substitute t=tan⁡u=tan⁡(x/2)t=\tan u=\tan(x/2). Then dx=2 dt/(1+t2)dx=2\,dt/(1+t^2), so

∫1+csc⁡x dx=∫1+t2t⋅2 dt1+t2=2∫1+tt (1+t2) dt=2∫1/t+t1+t2 dt.\int\sqrt{1+\csc x}\,dx=\int\frac{1+t}{\sqrt{2t}}\cdot\frac{2\,dt}{1+t^2}=\sqrt2\int\frac{1+t}{\sqrt t\,(1+t^2)}\,dt=\sqrt2\int\frac{1/\sqrt t+\sqrt t}{1+t^2}\,dt.

Step 3 — substitute t=w2t=w^2 (dt=2w dw, t=wdt=2w\,dw,\ \sqrt t=w).

2[∫2w dww(1+w4)+∫w⋅2w dw1+w4]=22∫1+w21+w4 dw.\sqrt2\left[\int\frac{2w\,dw}{w(1+w^4)}+\int\frac{w\cdot2w\,dw}{1+w^4}\right] = 2\sqrt2\int\frac{1+w^2}{1+w^4}\,dw.

Step 4 — the standard ∫1+w21+w4dw\int\frac{1+w^2}{1+w^4}dw trick. Divide numerator and denominator by w2w^2 and set z=w−1wz=w-\dfrac1w (so dz=(1+1w2)dwdz=\left(1+\dfrac{1}{w^2}\right)dw and w2+1w2=z2+2w^2+\dfrac{1}{w^2}=z^2+2):

∫1+w21+w4dw=∫1/w2+1w2+1/w2dw=∫dzz2+2=12tan⁡−1 ⁣(z2)+C.\int\frac{1+w^2}{1+w^4}dw=\int\frac{1/w^2+1}{w^2+1/w^2}dw=\int\frac{dz}{z^2+2}=\frac{1}{\sqrt2}\tan^{-1}\!\left(\frac{z}{\sqrt2}\right)+C.

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