Evaluate the following integrals: Evaluate: . Hence, evaluate: .
Evaluate the following integrals:
(a)[2.0]
Evaluate: $\int \tan x dx$.
(b)[3.0]
Hence, evaluate: $\int \frac{dx}{\cot\frac{x}{2} \cot\frac{x}{3} \cot\frac{x}{6}}$.
Answer
Answer (a)
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$\int \tan x dx = \int \frac{\sin x}{\cos x} dx = -\int \frac{-\sin x}{\cos x} dx = -\ln|\cos x| + C = \ln|\sec x| + C$.
Answer (b)
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We rewrite the integrand: $I = \int \frac{dx}{\cot\frac{x}{2} \cot\frac{x}{3} \cot\frac{x}{6}} = \int \tan\frac{x}{2} \tan\frac{x}{3} \tan\frac{x}{6} dx$.
Notice that $\frac{x}{2} = \frac{x}{3} + \frac{x}{6}$.
Taking tan on both sides:
$\tan\frac{x}{2} = \tan\left(\frac{x}{3} + \frac{x}{6}\right) = \frac{\tan\frac{x}{3} + \tan\frac{x}{6}}{1 - \tan\frac{x}{3}\tan\frac{x}{6}}$.
Cross-multiplying:
$\tan\frac{x}{2}\left(1 - \tan\frac{x}{3}\tan\frac{x}{6}\right) = \tan\frac{x}{3} + \tan\frac{x}{6}$
$\tan\frac{x}{2} - \tan\frac{x}{2}\tan\frac{x}{3}\tan\frac{x}{6} = \tan\frac{x}{3} + \tan\frac{x}{6}$
$\tan\frac{x}{2}\tan\frac{x}{3}\tan\frac{x}{6} = \tan\frac{x}{2} - \tan\frac{x}{3} - \tan\frac{x}{6}$.
Integrating each term using $\int \tan(kx) dx = -\frac{1}{k}\ln|\cos(kx)|$:
$I = \int \tan\frac{x}{2} dx - \int \tan\frac{x}{3} dx - \int \tan\frac{x}{6} dx$
$= -2\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{2}\right| - (-3)\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{3}\right| - (-6)\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{6}\right| + C$
$= -2\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{2}\right| + 3\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{3}\right| + 6\ln\left|\cos\frac{x}{6}\right| + C$.
From ISC 2027 Specimen Mathematics Paper 1, question 18(ii).