How are these residue calculus questions

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Why are these asked in the section about residue/cauchy calculus

$$\int_{- \pi}^{\pi} \frac{cos(\theta)}{2+cos(\theta)} d\theta$$

or

$$\int_{0}^{2\pi} \frac{sin(\theta)}{2+cos(\theta)} d\theta$$

Because isn't the denominator never equal to zero anyways? So why do we need to integrate over countours?