An old IIT problem

Calculus Level 4

π 2 π 2 sin x d x \int_{\pi }^{2\pi} \lfloor 2 \sin x \rfloor \, dx

If the value of the integral above is of the form A π B \dfrac{A\pi }{B} , where A A and B B are coprime integers, find A + B \left | A \right |+\left | B \right | .

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The answer is 8.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 16, 2016

π 2 π 2 sin x d x = π 7 π 6 ( 1 ) d x + 7 π 6 11 π 6 ( 2 ) d x + 11 π 6 2 π ( 1 ) d x = [ 7 π 6 π ] 2 [ 11 π 6 7 π 6 ] [ 2 π 11 π 6 ] = π 6 8 π 6 π 6 = 5 π 3 \begin{aligned} \int_\pi ^{2\pi} \lfloor 2 \sin x \rfloor dx & = \int_\pi ^\frac{7\pi}{6} (-1) \space dx + \int_\frac{7\pi}{6} ^\frac{11\pi}{6} (-2) \space dx + \int_\frac{11\pi}{6}^{2\pi} (-1) \space dx \\ & = -\left[ \frac{7\pi}{6} - \pi \right] -2 \left[ \frac{11\pi}{6} - \frac{7\pi}{6} \right] --\left[2\pi - \frac{11\pi}{6} \right] \\ & = -\frac{\pi}{6} -\frac{8\pi}{6} -\frac{\pi}{6} \\ & = -\frac{5\pi}{3} \end{aligned}

A + B = 5 + 3 = 8 \Rightarrow |A|+|B| = 5+3 = \boxed{8}

Did almost the same way!! (+1)!

Samarth Agarwal - 5 years, 4 months ago

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