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Q. Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial function of degree 2 satisfying
$\int \frac{ f ( x )}{ x ^3-1} dx =\ln \left|\frac{ x ^2+ x +1}{ x -1}\right|+\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x +1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)+ C ,$
where $C$ is indefinite integration constant.
Let $\int \frac{5+f(\sin x)+f(\cos x)}{\sin x+\cos x} d x=h(x)+\lambda$, where $h(1)=-1$. The value of $\tan ^{-1}( h (2))+\tan ^{-1}( h (3))$ is equal to (where $\lambda$ is indefinite integration constant.)

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Solution:

$I =\int \frac{5+f(\sin x)+f(\cos x)}{\sin x+\cos x} d x=\int \frac{5+\sin ^2 x-\sin x-3+\cos ^2 x-\cos x-3}{\sin x+\cos x} d x $
$ =\int-d x=-x+\lambda $
$\therefore h(x)=-x \quad(\text { since } h(1)=-1)$
Hence $\tan ^{-1}(h(2))+\tan ^{-1}(h(3))=\tan ^{-1}(-2)+\tan ^{-1}(-3)=\frac{-3 \pi}{4}$