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Integral of cos^34x dx

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$$\int\limits_{0}^{1} \cos^{3}{\left(4 x \right)}\, dx$$
Integral(cos(4*x)^3, (x, 0, 1))
Detail solution
  1. Rewrite the integrand:

  2. There are multiple ways to do this integral.

    Method #1

    1. Let .

      Then let and substitute :

      1. Integrate term-by-term:

        1. The integral of a constant is the constant times the variable of integration:

        1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

          1. The integral of is when :

          So, the result is:

        The result is:

      Now substitute back in:

    Method #2

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

    2. Integrate term-by-term:

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        1. Let .

          Then let and substitute :

          1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

            1. The integral of is when :

            So, the result is:

          Now substitute back in:

        So, the result is:

      1. Let .

        Then let and substitute :

        1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

          1. The integral of cosine is sine:

          So, the result is:

        Now substitute back in:

      The result is:

    Method #3

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

    2. Integrate term-by-term:

      1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

        1. Let .

          Then let and substitute :

          1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

            1. The integral of is when :

            So, the result is:

          Now substitute back in:

        So, the result is:

      1. Let .

        Then let and substitute :

        1. The integral of a constant times a function is the constant times the integral of the function:

          1. The integral of cosine is sine:

          So, the result is:

        Now substitute back in:

      The result is:

  3. Now simplify:

  4. Add the constant of integration:


The answer is:

The answer (Indefinite) [src]
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 |    3               sin (4*x)   sin(4*x)
 | cos (4*x) dx = C - --------- + --------
 |                        12         4    
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$$\int \cos^{3}{\left(4 x \right)}\, dx = C - \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(4 x \right)}}{12} + \frac{\sin{\left(4 x \right)}}{4}$$
The graph
The answer [src]
     3            
  sin (4)   sin(4)
- ------- + ------
     12       4   
$$\frac{\sin{\left(4 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(4 \right)}}{12}$$
=
=
     3            
  sin (4)   sin(4)
- ------- + ------
     12       4   
$$\frac{\sin{\left(4 \right)}}{4} - \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(4 \right)}}{12}$$
-sin(4)^3/12 + sin(4)/4
Numerical answer [src]
-0.153079070328579
-0.153079070328579
The graph
Integral of cos^34x dx

    Use the examples entering the upper and lower limits of integration.