Mister Exam

Integral of sin(x)cos3(x) dx

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$$\int\limits_{0}^{\frac{p}{4}} \sin{\left(x \right)} \cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}\, dx$$
Integral(sin(x)*cos(x)^3, (x, 0, p/4))
Detail solution
  1. There are multiple ways to do this integral.

    Method #1

    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:

    Method #2

    1. Rewrite the integrand:

    2. 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:

  2. Add the constant of integration:


The answer is:

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$$\int \sin{\left(x \right)} \cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}\, dx = C - \frac{\cos^{4}{\left(x \right)}}{4}$$
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       4/p\
    cos |-|
1       \4/
- - -------
4      4   
$$\frac{1}{4} - \frac{\cos^{4}{\left(\frac{p}{4} \right)}}{4}$$
=
=
       4/p\
    cos |-|
1       \4/
- - -------
4      4   
$$\frac{1}{4} - \frac{\cos^{4}{\left(\frac{p}{4} \right)}}{4}$$
1/4 - cos(p/4)^4/4

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