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niharika_kumar

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questions from integration

Q.1.

find a,b,c,d and f.

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White_Owl

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Re: questions from integration

Integrate the left side. Simplify it. The result should be equal to the expression on the right.
Or backward - differentiate the right side, the result should be equal to the expression under the integral.

bobbym

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Re: questions from integration

Hi;

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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niharika_kumar

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Re: questions from integration

I tried integrating left or differentiating right but it became lengthy.
bobbym, what's EM method?

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Re: questions from integration

Hi;

That is an acronym for Experimental Mathematics.

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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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zetafunc

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Re: questions from integration

Let u = sin(x) and express sin(3x) in terms of sin.

Bob

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Re: questions from integration

My earlier suggestion didn't, work, sorry.

But this does.

Start with the right hand side and differentiate chiefly using the product rule.

Use zetafunc`s suggestion to express sin(3x) in terms of sin(x) and sin cubed.

Now make the left hand side look like the right hand side.

You can quickly determine a to start off the sin cubed term and b to avoid any sin squared (remember sin squared + cos squared).

Then fix c to finalise the sin3x and sin x terms.

Then d and f allow you to tidy up the rest.

Bob

Last edited by Bob (2015-08-31 04:08:42)

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niharika_kumar

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Re: questions from integration

yes I solved it now. Thanks.

here comes another question:-

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bumpkin

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Re: questions from integration

Was post #3 the official answer?

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Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

zetafunc

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Re: questions from integration

yes I solved it now. Thanks.

here comes another question:-

I posted a video solution to your problem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCEq3ylr1OE

Bob

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Re: questions from integration

hi zetafunc,

Beautiful solution!  And nicely explained.

Bob

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niharika_kumar

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Re: questions from integration

thanks. It was really very well explained.
well what are the things that should come in our mind for making substitution when we encounter such problems?

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zetafunc

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Re: questions from integration

Normally with these types of problems, in which you've got a function nested within another function (e.g. log(sin(x)), e^(tan(x)), arctan(sec(x) + cos(x))), what they expect you to do is to make the most obvious substitution -- in this case, whatever the function inside arctan() was.