Integration + Trigonometry

Calculus Level 4

0 π ( cos x + cos 2 x + cos 3 x ) 2 + ( sin x + sin 2 x + sin 3 x ) 2 d x \int_0^\pi \sqrt{ (\cos x + \cos 2x + \cos 3x)^2 + (\sin x + \sin2x + \sin3x)^2} \, dx

If the value of the integral above equals π A + B C , \dfrac \pi A + B\sqrt C , where A , B A,B and C C positive integers with C C square-free, submit your answer as A + B + C A+B+C .


The answer is 8.

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2 solutions

Rishabh Jain
Feb 10, 2016

Opening the squares and using: cos 2 A + sin 2 A = 1 \cos^2A+\sin^2A=1 and cos A cos B + sin A sin B = cos ( A B ) \cos A\cos B+\sin A\sin B=\cos (A-B) , given expression simplifies to: 0 π ( 3 + 4 cos x + 2 cos 2 x ) d x \int_0^\pi (\sqrt{3+4\cos x+2\cos 2x} )dx Now using cos 2 x = 2 cos 2 x + 1 \cos 2x=2\cos^2 x+1 , 0 π ( 1 + 4 cos x + 4 cos 2 x ) d x \int_0^\pi (\sqrt{1+4\cos x+4\cos^2 x}) dx 0 π 2 cos x + 1 d x \int_0^\pi |2\cos x+1| dx 0 2 π 3 ( 2 cos x + 1 ) d x 2 π 3 π ( 2 cos x + 1 ) d x \int_0^{\frac{2\pi}{3}}(2\cos x+1)dx-\int_{\frac{2\pi}{3}}^{\pi} (2\cos x+1)dx = 2 π 3 + 3 ( π 3 3 ) ~~=\dfrac{2\pi}{3}+\sqrt3-(\dfrac{\pi}{3}-\sqrt3) = π 3 + 2 3 \Large =\dfrac{\pi}{3}+2\sqrt3 2 + 3 + 3 = 8 \huge \therefore ~2+3+3=\boxed{\color{#007fff}{8}}

@Rishabh Cool You could've used complex expontials instead of expanding and simplifying.

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Right.. Thanks I'll definitely learn from your method ... I expanded since I'm a bit weak at complex no.s so I always resort to pure algebra..

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 3 months ago

Note that the given integral is equivalent to

0 π e i x + e 2 i x + e 3 i x d x \int_{0}^{\pi} |e^{ix}+e^{2ix}+e^{3ix}| dx

That is,

0 π e i x + 1 + e i x d x = 0 π 1 + 2 cos x d x \int_{0}^{\pi} |e^{-ix}+1+e^{ix}| dx=\int_{0}^{\pi} |1+2\cos{x}| dx

Evaluating the above integral, keeping in mind the sign of 1 + 2 cos x 1+2\cos{x} , the answer comes out to be π 3 + 2 3 \frac{\pi}{3}+2\sqrt{3} Hence, 2 + 2 + 3 = 8 2+2+3=\boxed{8}

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