\(\int \frac{dx}{1+\tan x}\) equals
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
\(I = \int{\frac{dx}{1 + tanx}} = \int{\frac{dx}{1 + \frac{sinx}{cosx}}} = \int{\frac{cosx}{sinx + cos x}dx} \)
\(= \frac{1}{2}\int{\frac{(cosx - sinx) + (cosx + sin x)}{cosx + sinx}dx}\)
\(=\frac{1}{2}\int{dx} + \frac{1}{2}\int{\frac{cosx − sinx}{cosx + sinx}dx}\)
Let \(cosx + sinx = t\)
\(⇒ dt = (cosx − sinx)dx\)
\(⇒I = \frac{x}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\int{\frac{dt}{t}} = \frac{x}{2} + \frac{log|t|}{2} + c\)
\(= \frac{x}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\begin{vmatrix}cosx + sinx\end{vmatrix} + c\)