Integral Calculus Question 106

Question: If $A=\int_0^\pi \frac{\cos x}{(x+2)^2} d x$, then $\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin (2 x)}{x+1} d x$ is equal to

Options:

A) $ \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{\pi +2}-A $

B) $ \frac{1}{\pi +2}-A $

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

D) $ A-\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{\pi +2} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

[a] $ I=\int_0^{\pi /2}{\frac{\sin 2x}{x+1}dx.} $ Put $ x=y/2. $ Then, $ I=\int_0^{\pi }{\frac{\sin y}{y+2}dy} $ $ =( \frac{-\cos y}{y+2} )_0^{\pi }-\int\limits_0^{\pi }{\frac{\cos y}{{{(y+2)}^{2}}}dy} $ (Integrating by parts) $ =\frac{1}{\pi +2}+\frac{1}{2}-A $