Q. $\int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\frac{\sin^{2/3}x}{\sin^{2/3}{x + \cos^{2/3}x}}\ dx}$ is equal to

A) $\frac{\pi}{4}$
B) $\frac{\pi}{2}$
C) $\frac{3\pi}{4}$
D) $\pi$
Explanation

(a)
Let $I = \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\frac{\sin^{2/3}x}{\sin^{2/3}{x + \cos^{2/3}x}}dx}$ …(i)
and $I = \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\frac{\sin^{2/3}\left( \frac{\pi}{2} - x \right)}{{sin^{2/3}\left( \frac{\pi}{2} - x \right)}{+ \cos^{2/3}\left( \frac{\pi}{2} - x \right)}}dx}$
$\Rightarrow \ I = \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\frac{\cos^{2/3}x}{\cos^{2/3}{x + \sin^{2/3}x}}dx}$ …(ii)
On adding Eqs.(i) and (ii), we get
$2I = \int_{0}^{\pi/2}\frac{(\sin^{2/3}{x + \cos^{2/3}x})}{(\sin^{2/3}{x + \cos^{2/3}x})}dx$
$\Rightarrow 2I = \int_{0}^{\pi/2}{1\ dx\ } \Rightarrow I = \frac{1}{2}\lbrack x\rbrack_{0}^{\pi/2}$
$\Rightarrow \ I = \frac{\pi}{4}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.

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