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Integral of 1/cosx(sinx)^3 dx

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 |     3      
 |  sin (x)   
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$$\int\limits_{0}^{1} \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\, dx$$
Integral(sin(x)^3/cos(x), (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. Let .

        Then let and substitute :

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

          1. Rewrite the integrand:

          2. 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 .

              So, the result is:

            The result is:

          So, the result is:

        Now substitute back in:

      Now substitute back in:

    Method #2

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

    2. 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. Let .

            Then let and substitute :

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

              1. Rewrite the integrand:

              2. 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 .

                  So, the result is:

                The result is:

              So, the result is:

            Now substitute back in:

          So, the result is:

        Now substitute back in:

      So, 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 is .

          So, the result is:

        Now substitute back in:

      The result is:

  3. Add the constant of integration:


The answer is:

The answer (Indefinite) [src]
  /                                       
 |                                        
 |    3                2         /   2   \
 | sin (x)          cos (x)   log\cos (x)/
 | ------- dx = C + ------- - ------------
 |  cos(x)             2           2      
 |                                        
/                                         
$$\int \frac{\sin^{3}{\left(x \right)}}{\cos{\left(x \right)}}\, dx = C - \frac{\log{\left(\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)} \right)}}{2} + \frac{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}{2}$$
The graph
The answer [src]
         2                 
  1   cos (1)              
- - + ------- - log(cos(1))
  2      2                 
$$- \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\cos^{2}{\left(1 \right)}}{2} - \log{\left(\cos{\left(1 \right)} \right)}$$
=
=
         2                 
  1   cos (1)              
- - + ------- - log(cos(1))
  2      2                 
$$- \frac{1}{2} + \frac{\cos^{2}{\left(1 \right)}}{2} - \log{\left(\cos{\left(1 \right)} \right)}$$
-1/2 + cos(1)^2/2 - log(cos(1))
Numerical answer [src]
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    Use the examples entering the upper and lower limits of integration.