Definite-Integration Question 506

Question: $ \int_{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{{{\sin }^{2}}x,dx=} $

Options:

A) $ \pi $

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

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

D) $ \pi -1 $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ \int_{-\pi /2}^{\pi /2}{{{\sin }^{2}}x,dx=2\int_0^{\pi /2}{{{\sin }^{2}}x,dx=2\frac{\Gamma ( \frac{3}{2} ).\Gamma ( \frac{1}{2} )}{2\Gamma ( \frac{2+2}{2} )}}=\frac{\pi }{2}} $ .