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Q.Evaluate: ∫ dx/(secx+cosecx). OR Evaluate: ∫ (x-1)/[(x+1)√(x³+x²+x)] dx.

West Bengal WbchseWest Bengal HS (WBCHSE) Board 2025Subjective· 4mImportance★★★★★
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Rewrite sec⁡x+csc⁡x\sec x+\csc x as a single fraction, then use sin⁡xcos⁡x=(sin⁡x+cos⁡x)2−12\sin x\cos x=\tfrac{(\sin x+\cos x)^2-1}{2} to split the integral.

First simplify the denominator:

sec⁡x+csc⁡x=1cos⁡x+1sin⁡x=sin⁡x+cos⁡xsin⁡xcos⁡x\sec x+\csc x = \frac{1}{\cos x}+\frac{1}{\sin x} = \frac{\sin x+\cos x}{\sin x\cos x}

So the integral becomes ∫sin⁡xcos⁡xsin⁡x+cos⁡x dx\displaystyle\int \frac{\sin x\cos x}{\sin x+\cos x}\,dx.

Let s=sin⁡x+cos⁡xs=\sin x+\cos x. Since s2=1+2sin⁡xcos⁡xs^2 = 1+2\sin x\cos x, we get sin⁡xcos⁡x=s2−12\sin x\cos x = \dfrac{s^2-1}{2}. Substitute:

∫(s2−1)/2s dx=12∫(s−1s)dx=12[∫(sin⁡x+cos⁡x) dx−∫dxsin⁡x+cos⁡x]\int \frac{(s^2-1)/2}{s}\,dx = \frac12\int\left(s-\frac1s\right)dx = \frac12\left[\int(\sin x+\cos x)\,dx - \int\frac{dx}{\sin x+\cos x}\right]

First piece: ∫(sin⁡x+cos⁡x) dx=sin⁡x−cos⁡x\displaystyle\int(\sin x+\cos x)\,dx = \sin x-\cos x.

Second piece: using sin⁡x+cos⁡x=2sin⁡(x+π/4)\sin x+\cos x = \sqrt2\sin(x+\pi/4),

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