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Solve the following.
Evaluate: ∫₀^(π/2) (cos² x)/(1 + sin x cos x) dx.
Evaluate: $\int_{0}^{\pi/2} \frac{\cos^2 x}{1 + \sin x \cos x} \, dx$.
Answer
Answer
Let $I = \int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{\cos^2x}{1+\sin x\cos x}dx$.
By $\int_0^a f(x)dx = \int_0^a f(a-x)dx$: $I = \int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{\sin^2x}{1+\sin x\cos x}dx$.
Adding: $2I = \int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{dx}{1+\sin x\cos x}$.
Divide numerator and denominator by $\cos^2x$ and put $\tan x = t$, $\sec^2x\,dx = dt$: $2I = \int_0^\infty\frac{dt}{t^2+t+1} = \int_0^\infty\frac{dt}{\left(t+\frac12\right)^2+\frac34}$
$= \frac{2}{\sqrt3}\left[\tan^{-1}\frac{2t+1}{\sqrt3}\right]_0^\infty = \frac{2}{\sqrt3}\left(\frac\pi2 - \frac\pi6\right) = \frac{2\pi}{3\sqrt3}$
Hence $I = \frac{\pi}{3\sqrt3} = \frac{\sqrt3\,\pi}{9}$.
Final answer: $\frac{\pi}{3\sqrt{3}}$