Question
Evaluate : $\int_0^{\pi / 2} \sin x \cdot d x$

Answer

$
\begin{aligned}
& \int_0^{\pi / 2} \sin x \cdot d x=\int_0^{\pi / 2} f(x) d x \\
& f(x)=\sin x \quad a=0 ; b=\frac{\pi}{2} \\
& \Rightarrow \quad f(a+r h)=\sin (a+r h) \\
& =\sin (0+r h) \\
& =\sin r h \\
& h=\frac{b-a}{n}=\frac{\frac{\pi}{2}-0}{n} \\
& \therefore \quad n h=\frac{\pi}{2} \\
&
\end{aligned}
$
and
We know $\int_a^b f(x) d x=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=1}^n h \cdot[f(a+r h)]$
$
\begin{aligned}
\therefore \quad \int_0^{\pi / 2} \sin x \cdot d x & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=1}^n h \cdot \sin r h \\
& =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} h \cdot \sum_{r=1}^n \sin r h \\
& =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} h \cdot[\sin h+\sin 2 h+\sin 3 h+\ldots+\sin n h]
\end{aligned}
$
Consider,
$
\begin{aligned}
& \sum_{r=1}^n \sin r h=\sin h+\sin 2 h+\sin 3 h+\ldots+\sin n h \\
& =2 \sin \frac{h}{2} \cdot \sin h+2 \sin \frac{h}{2} \cdot \sin 2 h+2 \sin \frac{h}{2} \cdot \sin 3 h+\ldots+2 \sin \frac{h}{2} \cdot \sin n h \\
& \because \quad 2 \sin \mathrm{A} \cdot \sin \mathrm{B}=\cos (\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{B})-\cos (\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}) \\
& 2 \sin \frac{h}{2} \cdot \sum_{r=1}^n \sin r h=\left[\left(\cos \frac{h}{2}-\cos \frac{3 h}{2}\right)+\left(\cos \frac{3 h}{2}-\cos \frac{5 h}{2}\right)+\left(\cos \frac{5 h}{2}-\cos \frac{7 h}{2}\right)+\ldots\right. \\
& +\ldots+\left(\cos \left(\frac{2 n-1}{2}\right) h-\left(\cos \left(\frac{2 n+1}{2}\right) h\right]\right. \\
& =\left[\cos \frac{h}{2}-\cos \left(\frac{2 n+1}{2}\right) h\right] \\
& =\left[\cos \frac{h}{2}-\cos \left(\frac{2 n h}{2}+\frac{h}{2}\right)\right] \\
& =\left[\cos \frac{h}{2}-\cos \left(\frac{\pi}{2}+\frac{h}{2}\right)\right] \\
& \because \quad n h=\frac{\pi}{2} \\
& =\left(\cos \frac{h}{2}+\sin \frac{h}{2}\right) \\
&
\end{aligned}
$

$\begin{aligned} & \therefore \quad \sum_{r=1}^n \sin r h=\frac{\cos \frac{h}{2}+\sin \frac{h}{2}}{2 \sin \frac{h}{2}} \\ & \text { Now from I, } \\ & \int_0^{\pi / 2} \sin x \cdot d x=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=1}^n h \cdot \sin r h \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} h \cdot\left[\frac{\cos \frac{h}{2}+\sin \frac{h}{2}}{2 \sin \frac{h}{2}}\right] \\ & \because \quad n h=\frac{\pi}{4} \text { as } n \rightarrow \infty \Rightarrow h \rightarrow 0\left(\frac{1}{n} \rightarrow 0\right) \\ & =\lim _{\substack{h \rightarrow \infty \\ h \rightarrow 0}}\left[\frac{\cos \frac{h}{2}+\sin \frac{h}{2}}{\frac{2 \cdot \sin \frac{h}{2}}{h}}\right] \\ & =\frac{\cos 0+\sin 0}{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \\ & =\frac{1+0}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{2}}=1 \\ & \therefore \quad \int_0^{\pi / 2} \sin x \cdot d x=1 \\ & \end{aligned}$

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