Solve the following: ${{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)$.
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Ans: Given expression ${{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)$.
Let $\cos x=t$
$\therefore \sin x=\sqrt{1-{{t}^{2}}}$
$\Rightarrow -\sin xdx=dt$
$\Rightarrow dx=-\frac{dt}{\sin x}$
$\Rightarrow dx=-\frac{dt}{\sqrt{1-{{t}^{2}}}}$
Integration of given expression is
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\int{{{\sin }^{-1}}t\left( \frac{-dt}{\sqrt{1-{{t}^{2}}}} \right)}$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=-\int{\left( \frac{{{\sin }^{-1}}t}{\sqrt{1-{{t}^{2}}}} \right)dt}$
Let ${{\sin }^{-1}}t=u$
$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-{{t}^{2}}}}dt=du$
Integration becomes
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\int{4du}$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=-\frac{{{u}^{2}}}{2}+C$
Substitute ${{\sin }^{-1}}t=u$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=-\frac{{{\left( {{\sin }^{-1}}t \right)}^{2}}}{2}+C$
Substitute $\cos x=t$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=-\frac{{{\left[ {{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right) \right]}^{2}}}{2}+C$ ……..(1)
We know that ${{\sin }^{-1}}x+{{\cos }^{-1}}x=\frac{\pi }{2}$
$\therefore {{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)=\frac{\pi }{2}-{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)=\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)$
Substitute in eq. (1), we get
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\frac{-{{\left( \frac{\pi }{2}-x \right)}^{2}}}{2}+C$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\frac{1}{2}\left( \frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{2}+{{x}^{2}}-\pi x \right)+C$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=-\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{4}-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\pi x+C$
$\Rightarrow \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\frac{\pi x}{2}-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{2}+\left( C-\frac{{{\pi }^{2}}}{4} \right)$
$\therefore \int{{{\sin }^{-1}}\left( \cos x \right)dx}=\frac{\pi x}{2}-\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{2}+{{C}_{1}}$