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JEE Advanced 2020 · Integrals

Which of the following inequalities is/are TRUE?

Answers: A. ∫01xcos⁡x dx≥38\int_{0}^{1} x \cos x \, dx \geq \frac{3}{8} · B. ∫01xsin⁡x dx≥310\int_{0}^{1} x \sin x \, dx \geq \frac{3}{10} · D. ∫01x2sin⁡x dx≥29\int_{0}^{1} x^{2} \sin x \, dx \geq \frac{2}{9}

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∫01xcos⁡x dx,∫01xsin⁡x dx\int_{0}^{1} x\cos x\,dx,\quad \int_{0}^{1} x\sin x\,dx ∫01x2cos⁡x dx,∫01x2sin⁡x dx\int_{0}^{1} x^{2}\cos x\,dx,\quad \int_{0}^{1} x^{2}\sin x\,dx To find: which of (1)–(4) are TRUE\text{To find: which of (1)--(4) are TRUE} Plan: bound each integrand on [0,1] using standard inequalities\text{Plan: bound each integrand on } [0,1] \text{ using standard inequalities} cos⁡x≥1−x22,sin⁡x≥x−x36\cos x \geq 1 - \dfrac{x^{2}}{2},\qquad \sin x \geq x - \dfrac{x^{3}}{6} ddx ⁣(cos⁡x−1+x22)=x−sin⁡x≥0⇒cos⁡x≥1−x22\dfrac{d}{dx}\!\left(\cos x - 1 + \tfrac{x^{2}}{2}\right) = x - \sin x \geq 0 \Rightarrow \cos x \geq 1 - \tfrac{x^{2}}{2} ddx ⁣(sin⁡x−x+x36)=cos⁡x−1+x22≥0⇒sin⁡x≥x−x36\dfrac{d}{dx}\!\left(\sin x - x + \tfrac{x^{3}}{6}\right) = \cos x - 1 + \tfrac{x^{2}}{2} \geq 0 \Rightarrow \sin x \geq x - \tfrac{x^{3}}{6} xcos⁡x≥x−x32⇒∫01xcos⁡x dx≥[x22−x48]01=12−18=38x\cos x \geq x - \dfrac{x^{3}}{2} \Rightarrow \int_{0}^{1} x\cos x\,dx \geq \left[\dfrac{x^{2}}{2} - \dfrac{x^{4}}{8}\right]_{0}^{1} = \dfrac{1}{2} - \dfrac{1}{8} = \dfrac{3}{8} ⇒(1) is TRUE\Rightarrow (1) \text{ is TRUE} xsin⁡x≥x2−x46⇒∫01xsin⁡x dx≥13−130=310x\sin x \geq x^{2} - \dfrac{x^{4}}{6} \Rightarrow \int_{0}^{1} x\sin x\,dx \geq \dfrac{1}{3} - \dfrac{1}{30} = \dfrac{3}{10} ⇒(2) is TRUE\Rightarrow (2) \text{ is TRUE} x2cos⁡x≤x2⇒∫01x2cos⁡x dx≤13<12x^{2}\cos x \leq x^{2} \Rightarrow \int_{0}^{1} x^{2}\cos x\,dx \leq \dfrac{1}{3} < \dfrac{1}{2} ⇒(3) is FALSE\Rightarrow (3) \text{ is FALSE} x2sin⁡x≥x3−x56⇒∫01x2sin⁡x dx≥14−136=29x^{2}\sin x \geq x^{3} - \dfrac{x^{5}}{6} \Rightarrow \int_{0}^{1} x^{2}\sin x\,dx \geq \dfrac{1}{4} - \dfrac{1}{36} = \dfrac{2}{9} ⇒(4) is TRUE\Rightarrow (4) \text{ is TRUE} TRUE: (1), (2), (4)\boxed{\text{TRUE: (1), (2), (4)}}

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