Originally posted by: mdchesne
Integral of [ sin(3x) dx
is this just [-cos(3x)]/3 ?
Integral of [arctan(7x)]
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The formulas you need are these:
?sin(x) dx = -cos(x)+C
?arctan(x) dx = x*arctan(x)-ln(1+x^2)/2+C
To actually do the integration, you need touse substitutions. ?sin(3x) dx doesn't quite match the generic rule you have above, so you need to manipulate it until it does.
3x = u
3 dx = du
dx = du/3
Now you can substitute in to the rule.
?sin(3x) dx
=?sin(u) du/3
=(1/3)*?sin(u) du
=(1/3)*(-cos(u))+C
=cos(3x)/3+C
The other one is similar:
7x = u
7 dx = du
dx = du/7
So repeat the step from above:
?arctan(7x) dx
= ?arctan(u) du/7
= (1/7)*?arctan(u) du
=(1/7)*(u*arctan(u)-ln(1+u^2)/2+C)
=(1/7)*(7x*arctan(7x)-ln(1+(7x)^2)/2+C)
=x*arctan(7x)-ln(1+49*x^2)/14+C