If $x$ lies in the interval $(0, \pi/2)$,then the function $f(x) = x \sin x + \cos x + \cos^2 x$ is:

  • A
    Increasing
  • B
    Decreasing
  • C
    Neither increasing nor decreasing
  • D
    None of these

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