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$ I = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^n x}{\sin^n x + \cos^n x}dx $

$ x = \frac{\pi}{2} - u $

$ dx = -du $

$ I = -\int^0_{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^n (\frac{\pi}{2} - u)}{\sin^n (\frac{\pi}{2}-u) + \cos^n (\frac{\pi}{2}-u)}du = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^n (\frac{\pi}{2} - u)}{\sin^n (\frac{\pi}{2}-u) + \cos^n (\frac{\pi}{2}-u)}du = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\cos^n u}{\cos^n u + \sin^n u}du $

$ 2I = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^n x}{\sin^n x + \cos^n x}dx + \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\cos^n x}{\sin^n x + \cos^n x}dx = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{\sin^n x + \cos^n x}{\sin^n x + \cos^n x}dx = \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} dx = \frac{\pi}{2} $

$ I = \frac{\pi}{4} $

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