Definite Integration Question 390

Question: The value of $ \int _{0}^{1}{\frac{dx}{x+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}} $ is

[MP PET 2003]

Options:

A) $ \frac{\pi }{3} $

B) $ \frac{\pi }{2} $

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

D) $ \frac{\pi }{4} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ \int_0^{1}{\frac{dx}{x+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}=\int_0^{\pi /2}{\frac{\cos \theta d\theta }{\sin \theta +\cos \theta }}} $

$ =\frac{\pi }{4} $ , (Put $ x=\sin \theta ,dx=\cos \theta d\theta $ ).