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Grade 12Integral Calculus

1-1 1 / 1 + x2 dx

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Shobhit Varshney
11 Years ago
Hi,

to solve this integration, put x = tan y
so, dx = sec2y dy, and the limits of y would be -\prod/4 to\prod/4
Now the integral becomes,
\int_{-\prod /4}^{\prod /4} [1/sec2y] * sec2y dy =\prod / 2

thanks