Question 13 Marks
Find the area of the region bounded by the curve $y=\sin 2 x+\cos 2 x$ and $x=0$ and $x=\frac{\pi}{4}$.
Answer
View full question & answer→Where $0 \leq x \leq \frac{\pi}{4} \Rightarrow 0 \leq 2 x \leq \frac{\pi}{2}$ and
$
\begin{array}{r}
\sin 2 x \geq 0 \\
\cos 2 x \geq 0
\end{array}
$
$\because x \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right)$ Therefore $y=f(x)=\sin 2 x+\cos 2 x \geq 0$
i.e., the sign of $f(x)$ does not change in the given interval.
Hence required area
$
\begin{array}{l}
=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} y d x \\
=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}(\sin 2 x+\cos 2 x) d x \\
=\left(\frac{-\cos 2 x}{2}+\frac{\sin 2 x}{2}\right)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \\
=\frac{-1}{2}(\cos 2 x)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}+\frac{1}{2}(\sin 2 x)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \\
=\frac{-1}{2}\left(\cos \frac{\pi}{2}-\cos 0\right)+\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin \frac{\pi}{2}-\sin 0\right) \\
=\frac{-1}{2}(0-1)+\frac{1}{2}(1-0) \\
=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}=1 \text { square units. }
\end{array}
$
$
\begin{array}{r}
\sin 2 x \geq 0 \\
\cos 2 x \geq 0
\end{array}
$
$\because x \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right)$ Therefore $y=f(x)=\sin 2 x+\cos 2 x \geq 0$
i.e., the sign of $f(x)$ does not change in the given interval.
Hence required area
$
\begin{array}{l}
=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} y d x \\
=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}(\sin 2 x+\cos 2 x) d x \\
=\left(\frac{-\cos 2 x}{2}+\frac{\sin 2 x}{2}\right)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \\
=\frac{-1}{2}(\cos 2 x)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}+\frac{1}{2}(\sin 2 x)_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \\
=\frac{-1}{2}\left(\cos \frac{\pi}{2}-\cos 0\right)+\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin \frac{\pi}{2}-\sin 0\right) \\
=\frac{-1}{2}(0-1)+\frac{1}{2}(1-0) \\
=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}=1 \text { square units. }
\end{array}
$
