Integral Calculus Question 404

Question: $ \int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{{{(e^{x}+{e^{-x}})}^{2}}}\ dx=} $

Options:

A) $ -\frac{1}{2(e^{2x}+1)}+c $

B) $ \frac{1}{2(e^{2x}+1)}+c $

C) $ -\frac{1}{e^{2x}+1} $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ \int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{{{(e^{x}+{e^{-x}})}^{2}}},dx=\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{e^{2x}}{{{(e^{2x}+1)}^{2}}}},dx} $ Put $ e^{2x}+1=t\Rightarrow 2e^{2x}dx=dt, $ then it reduces to $ \frac{1}{2}\int_{{}}^{{}}{\frac{1}{t^{2}}dt}=-\frac{1}{2}.\frac{1}{t}+c=-\frac{1}{2(e^{2x}+1)}+c. $