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Consider the following for the two (02) items that follow:
Let the function y = (1 - cos x)-1 where\(x \ne 2n\pi\) and n is an integer
What is ∫ydx equal to?
where c is the constant of integration.
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Given,
The function is \(y = \left(1 - \cos(x)\right)^{-1} \), where\(x \neq 2n\pi \) and n is an integer.
The given function can be written as:
\( y = \frac{1}{1 - \cos(x)} \)
Using the identity \(1 - \cos(x) = 2\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \), we rewrite the function as:
\( y = \frac{1}{2\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)} \)
The integral we need to evaluate is:
\( \int \frac{dx}{2\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)} \)
\( \frac{1}{2} \int \csc^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) dx \)
The integral of \(\csc^2(x) \) is known to be \( -\cot(x) \), so we get:
\( \frac{1}{2} \left( -\cot\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) \right) + C \)
\( -\frac{1}{2} \cot\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) + C \)
The final result is \( -\cot\left(\frac{x}{2}\right) + C \)
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.
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