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<span class="exam">Evaluate the integral:
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<span class="exam"> Evaluate the indefinite and definite integrals.
  
::<math>\int \sin^3x \cos^2x~dx</math>
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<span class="exam">(a) &nbsp; <math>\int x^2 e^x~dx</math>
  
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<span class="exam">(b) &nbsp; <math>\int_{1}^{e} x^3\ln x~dx</math>
  
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!Foundations: &nbsp;
 
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|'''1.''' Recall the trig identity: <math style="vertical-align: -2px">\sin^2x+\cos^2x=1.</math>
 
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|'''2.''' How would you integrate <math style="vertical-align: -14px">\int \sin^2x\cos x~dx?</math>
 
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::You could use <math style="vertical-align: 0px">u</math>-substitution. Let <math style="vertical-align: -2px">u=\sin x.</math> Then, <math style="vertical-align: -1px">du=\cos x~dx.</math> Thus,
 
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\displaystyle{\int \sin^2x\cos x~dx} & = & \displaystyle{\int u^2~du}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{u^3}{3}+C}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{\sin^3x}{3}+C.} \\
 
\end{array}</math>
 
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'''Solution:'''
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[[009B Sample Midterm 1, Problem 4 Solution|'''<u>Solution</u>''']]
!Step 1: &nbsp;
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|First, we write
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[[009B Sample Midterm 1, Problem 4 Detailed Solution|'''<u>Detailed Solution</u>''']]
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::<math style="vertical-align: -13px">\int\sin^3x\cos^2x~dx=\int (\sin x) \sin^2x\cos^2x~dx.</math>
 
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|Using the identity <math style="vertical-align: -2px">\sin^2x+\cos^2x=1,</math> we get
 
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::<math style="vertical-align: -1px">\sin^2x=1-\cos^2x.</math>
 
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|If we use this identity, we have
 
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::<math>\begin{array}{rcl}
 
\displaystyle{\int\sin^3x\cos^2x~dx} & = & \displaystyle{\int (\sin x) (1-\cos^2x)\cos^2x~dx}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\int (\cos^2x-\cos^4x)\sin(x)~dx.}\\
 
\end{array}</math>
 
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!Step 2: &nbsp;
 
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|Now, we use <math style="vertical-align: 0px">u</math>-substitution. Let <math style="vertical-align: -5px">u=\cos(x).</math> Then, <math style="vertical-align: -5px">du=-\sin(x)dx.</math> Therefore,
 
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\displaystyle{\int\sin^3x\cos^2x~dx} & = & \displaystyle{\int -(u^2-u^4)~du}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{-u^3}{3}+\frac{u^5}{5}+C}\\
 
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& = & \displaystyle{\frac{\cos^5x}{5}-\frac{\cos^3x}{3}+C.}\\
 
\end{array}</math>
 
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!Final Answer: &nbsp;
 
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| &nbsp;&nbsp; <math>\frac{\cos^5x}{5}-\frac{\cos^3x}{3}+C</math>
 
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 12 November 2017

Evaluate the indefinite and definite integrals.

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