Practicing Success
The value of the integral $\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}2x\, sin^3x\, dx $ is : |
$\frac{2\pi}{3}$ $\pi $ $\frac{4\pi}{3}$ $\frac{5\pi}{3}$ |
$\frac{4\pi}{3}$ |
The correct answer is Option (3) → $\frac{4\pi}{3}$ $I=\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}2x\sin^3x\, dx$ ...(1) $I=\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}2(π-x)\sin^3(π-x)dx=\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}2(π-x)\sin^3xdx$ ...(2) Adding (1) and (2) $2I=2π\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}\sin^3xdx$ $I=π\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}\sin^3xdx$ as $\sin^3x=3\sin x-4\sin^3x$ $\sin^3x=\frac{3\sin x-\sin^3x}{4}$ $I=π\int\limits^{\pi}_{0}\frac{3\sin x}{4}-\frac{\sin^3x}{4}dx$ $=π\left[\frac{\cos^3x}{12}-\frac{3\cos x}{4}\right]^{\pi}_{0}$ $=π\left[-\frac{1}{12}-\frac{1}{12}+\frac{3}{4}+\frac{3}{4}\right]$ $=π\left[-\frac{1}{6}+\frac{3}{2}\right]=\frac{4\pi}{3}$ |