$\int \frac{1}{\sin (x-a) \sin (x-b)} d x=$
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
We have,
$\int \frac{1}{\sin (x-a) \sin (x-b)} d x$
$=\frac{1}{\sin (b-a)} \int \frac{\sin \{(x-a)-(x-b)\}}{\sin (x-a) \sin (x-b)} d x$
$=\frac{1}{\sin (b-a)} \int\{\cot (x-b)-\cot (x-a)\} d x$
$=\frac{1}{\sin (b-a)}\{\log \sin (x-b)-\log \sin (x-a)\}+C$
$=\frac{1}{\sin (b-a)} \log \left|\frac{\sin (x-b)}{\sin (x-a)}\right|+C$
$=\frac{1}{\sin (a-b)} \log \left|\frac{\sin (x-a)}{\sin (x-b)}\right|+C$