Practicing Success
$\int \tan x \tan 2 x \tan 3 x ~d x$ is equal to |
$\frac{1}{3} \log |\sec 3 x|-\frac{1}{2} \log |\sec 2 x|+\log |\sec x|+C$ $\frac{1}{3} \log |\sec 3 x|-\frac{1}{2} \log |\sec 2 x|-\log |\sec x|+C$ $\frac{1}{3} \log |\sec 3 x|+\frac{1}{2} \log |\sec 2 x|+\log |\sec x|+C$ none of these |
$\frac{1}{3} \log |\sec 3 x|-\frac{1}{2} \log |\sec 2 x|-\log |\sec x|+C$ |
We have, $\tan 3 x=\tan (2 x+x)$ $\Rightarrow \tan 3 x=\frac{\tan 2 x+\tan x}{1-\tan x \tan 2 x}$ $\Rightarrow \tan x \tan 2 x \tan 3 x=\tan 3 x-\tan 2 x-\tan x$ ∴ $\int \tan x \tan 2 x \tan 3 x d x$ $=\int(\tan 3 x-\tan 2 x-\tan x) d x$ $=\frac{1}{3} \log |\sec 3 x|-\frac{1}{2} \log |\sec 2 x|-\log |\sec x|+C$ |