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JazzMan
9th May 2006, 08:00 AM
How do you integrate cos3x. Is there a substitution I should know?
DaveD
9th May 2006, 10:54 AM
How do you integrate cos3x. Is there a substitution I should know?
Use the identity
cos2A ≡2cosA-1
cosA ≡(1+cos2A)/2
then ∫cos3x dx = 1/2 ∫(1+cos6x) dx
= 1/2 [ x + sin6x/6]+c
ok!
JazzMan
9th May 2006, 11:03 AM
Thanks DaveD. I was wayout on what i was doing
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