Definite Integration Question 257

Question: $ \int _{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}(1-\cos 2x)}}dx= $

Options:

A) 0

B) 2

C) $ \frac{1}{2} $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ \int _{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{\sqrt{\frac{1}{2}(1-\cos 2x)}}dx=2\int_0^{\pi /2}{|\sin x|dx} $

= $ 2[-\cos x]_0^{\pi /2}=2[ -\cos ( \frac{\pi }{2} )+\cos 0 ]=2 $ .