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xsinx/cos^3x

Integral of xsinx/cos^3x dx

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0π4xsin(x)cos3(x)dx\int\limits_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}} \frac{x \sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}\, dx
Detail solution
  1. Use integration by parts:

    udv=uvvdu\int \operatorname{u} \operatorname{dv} = \operatorname{u}\operatorname{v} - \int \operatorname{v} \operatorname{du}

    Let u(x)=xu{\left(x \right)} = x and let dv(x)=sin(x)cos3(x)\operatorname{dv}{\left(x \right)} = \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos^{3}{\left(x \right)}}.

    Then du(x)=1\operatorname{du}{\left(x \right)} = 1.

    To find v(x)v{\left(x \right)}:

    1. Let u=cos(x)u = \cos{\left(x \right)}.

      Then let du=sin(x)dxdu = - \sin{\left(x \right)} dx and substitute du- du:

      1u3du\int \frac{1}{u^{3}}\, du

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

        (1u3)du=1u3du\int \left(- \frac{1}{u^{3}}\right)\, du = - \int \frac{1}{u^{3}}\, du

        1. The integral of unu^{n} is un+1n+1\frac{u^{n + 1}}{n + 1} when n1n \neq -1:

          1u3du=12u2\int \frac{1}{u^{3}}\, du = - \frac{1}{2 u^{2}}

        So, the result is: 12u2\frac{1}{2 u^{2}}

      Now substitute uu back in:

      12cos2(x)\frac{1}{2 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}

    Now evaluate the sub-integral.

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

    12cos2(x)dx=1cos2(x)dx2\int \frac{1}{2 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}\, dx = \frac{\int \frac{1}{\cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}\, dx}{2}

    1. Don't know the steps in finding this integral.

      But the integral is

      sin(x)cos(x)\frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{\cos{\left(x \right)}}

    So, the result is: sin(x)2cos(x)\frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{2 \cos{\left(x \right)}}

  3. Now simplify:

    xsin(2x)22cos2(x)\frac{x - \frac{\sin{\left(2 x \right)}}{2}}{2 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}

  4. Add the constant of integration:

    xsin(2x)22cos2(x)+constant\frac{x - \frac{\sin{\left(2 x \right)}}{2}}{2 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}+ \mathrm{constant}


The answer is:

xsin(2x)22cos2(x)+constant\frac{x - \frac{\sin{\left(2 x \right)}}{2}}{2 \cos^{2}{\left(x \right)}}+ \mathrm{constant}

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(2xsin(2x)cos(2x)1)sin(4x)+(sin(2x)+2xcos(2x))cos(4x)+4xsin2(2x)sin(2x)+4xcos2(2x)+2xcos(2x)sin2(4x)+4sin(2x)sin(4x)+cos2(4x)+(4cos(2x)+2)cos(4x)+4sin2(2x)+4cos2(2x)+4cos(2x)+1{{\left(2\,x\,\sin \left(2\,x\right)-\cos \left(2\,x\right)-1 \right)\,\sin \left(4\,x\right)+\left(\sin \left(2\,x\right)+2\,x\, \cos \left(2\,x\right)\right)\,\cos \left(4\,x\right)+4\,x\,\sin ^2 \left(2\,x\right)-\sin \left(2\,x\right)+4\,x\,\cos ^2\left(2\,x \right)+2\,x\,\cos \left(2\,x\right)}\over{\sin ^2\left(4\,x\right)+ 4\,\sin \left(2\,x\right)\,\sin \left(4\,x\right)+\cos ^2\left(4\,x \right)+\left(4\,\cos \left(2\,x\right)+2\right)\,\cos \left(4\,x \right)+4\,\sin ^2\left(2\,x\right)+4\,\cos ^2\left(2\,x\right)+4\, \cos \left(2\,x\right)+1}}
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The answer [src]
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2(1+2)4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2+π(1+2)44(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)+2(1+2)34(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2+π(1+2)22(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)+π4(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)- \frac{2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)}{- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2} + \frac{\pi \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4}}{4 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)} + \frac{2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{3}}{- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2} + \frac{\pi \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2}}{2 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)} + \frac{\pi}{4 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)}
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2(1+2)4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2+π(1+2)44(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)+2(1+2)34(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2+π(1+2)22(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)+π4(4(1+2)2+2(1+2)4+2)- \frac{2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)}{- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2} + \frac{\pi \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4}}{4 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)} + \frac{2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{3}}{- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2} + \frac{\pi \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2}}{2 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)} + \frac{\pi}{4 \left(- 4 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{2} + 2 \left(-1 + \sqrt{2}\right)^{4} + 2\right)}
Numerical answer [src]
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The graph
Integral of xsinx/cos^3x dx

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