∫ 0 ∞ ( x + ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 + x 2 + 1 ) 2 3 ( x 2 + 1 ) + 2 ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 d x = B A
The equation above holds true for coprime positive integers A and B . What is A + B ?
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@Mark Hennings Exactly the same!! the square root of (x^2 +1) motivated trigonometric substitution!!!
In the last step, it should be tan³ø/2 for the second term, the cube seems to be missing. Doesn't change the answer, but for the sake of completeness^
Let
I = ∫ 0 ∞ ( x + ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 + x 2 + 1 ) 2 3 ( x 2 + 1 ) + 2 ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 d x .
Observe that
x + ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 + x 2 + 1 = ( 1 + x 2 + 1 ) ( x + x 2 + 1 )
and
3 ( x 2 + 1 ) + 2 ( x + 1 ) x 2 + 1 = ( 1 + x 2 + 1 ) 2 + ( x + x 2 + 1 ) 2 .
Hence, I can be split so that
I = ∫ 0 ∞ ( x + x 2 + 1 ) 2 1 + ( 1 + x 2 + 1 ) 2 1 d x = ∫ 0 ∞ ( x + x 2 + 1 ) 2 1 d x = X + ∫ 0 ∞ ( 1 + x 2 + 1 ) 2 1 d x = Y .
Substituting x = u 1 gives X = ∫ ∞ 0 ( u 1 + ( u 1 ) 2 + 1 ) 2 1 × u 2 − 1 d u = ∫ ∞ 0 u 2 ( 1 + u 2 + 1 ) 2 − u 2 d u = ∫ 0 ∞ ( 1 + u 2 + 1 ) 2 1 d u = Y . Then I = 2 X . Substituting x = 2 t 1 − t 2 gives X = ∫ 1 0 ( 2 t 1 − t 2 + 2 t 1 − t 2 + t ) 2 1 × ( 2 t 2 − 1 − 2 1 ) d t = ∫ 0 1 2 1 + 2 t 2 d t = [ 2 t + 6 t 3 ] 0 1 = 3 2 . Therefore, I = 2 × 3 2 = 3 4 , and hence A + B = 4 + 3 = 7 .
You have used A and B for two numbers each. A = B = 3 2 and A = 4 and B = 3 .
It just took me some time to realise that the numerator and denominator fuctions are related
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Putting x = tan θ , the integral becomes I = ∫ 0 2 1 π ( sin θ + 1 ) 2 ( cos θ + 1 ) 2 3 + 2 cos θ + 2 sin θ d θ = ∫ 0 2 1 π ( ( 1 + sin θ ) 2 1 + ( 1 + cos θ ) 2 1 ) d θ = 2 ∫ 0 2 1 π ( 1 + cos θ ) 2 d θ = 2 1 ∫ 0 2 1 π sec 4 2 1 θ d θ = [ tan 2 1 θ + 3 1 tan 3 2 1 θ ] 0 2 1 π = 3 4 making the answer 4 + 3 = 7 .