Some Key Results (To Learn) : You Need To Remember These Trigonometric Formulae-They Are Needed in Some Integration Questions

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Some key results (to learn): You need to remember these trigonometric

 sin xdx   cos x  c  cos xdx  sin x  c formulae- they are needed in some integration
questions.
 sin(ax  b)dx  cos(ax  b)  c
1
a

 cos(ax  b)dx  sin(ax  b)  c


1
a
sin 2 x  12 (1  cos 2 x) cos 2 x  12 (1  cos 2 x)
sin 2 x  cos 2 x  1 tan 2 x  1  sec 2 x
 sec xdx  tan x  c
2

1  cot x  cos ec x
2 2

Integration by substitution Methods of integration Integration involving trigonometrical identities


This column gives the calculations
for changing the dx to du: The methods of integrating an expression are: Example: Using the identity given above
 x( x
1) directly writing it down (either by memory or by
 cos xdx   12 (1  cos 2 x)dx  12 ( x  12 sin 2 x)  c
2
Example:
2
 3) dx . 5

looking in the formula book);


Make the substitution u  x 2  3 u  x2  3 2) writing the expression in partial fractions;
Example 2: Find  sin xdx
3
We get:  xu dx   12 u du  2x 3) using the method of integration by parts;
5 5 du
dx
du  2 xdx 4) using a substitution; Solution: We use the fact that sin 2 x  1  cos 2 x
This gives: 1
12 u 6  c  121 ( x 2  3)6 So, xdx  12 du 5) using a trigonometric identity (such as
So,  sin xdx   sin x sin xdx   (1  cos x)sin xdx
3 2 2
sin 2 x  12 (1  cos 2 x) or cos 2 x  12 (1  cos 2 x) )
Example 2: Use the substitution
=  (sin x  sin x cos x)dx
2
x 1
t  2 x  1 to find  dx . See my separate sheet on how to identify which
=  sin xdx   sin x cos xdx
2
2x  1 method of integration is the appropriate one to use in
t  2x  1 any given situation.
x 1 1 x 1
Solution:  t dx   2 t dt dt
2 2
Definite integrals using a substitution We now need to work out  sin x cos xdx
2

Find  4 xe .
2

Since t  2 x  1 , dx x
We use the substitution
2 x  t  1  x  12 (t  1) dt  2dx 0 du
dx  12 dt u  cos x    sin x  du   sin xdx
1 12 (t  1) Use the substitution u  x 2 . u  x2 dx
So we get  dt 2 4 du u 3
So,  sin x cos 2 xdx   u 2 du 
4
2  2x
t
 4 xe   2e du  2e
2
x u u

0 dx 3
Take the multipliers outside the integral: 0 u 0
du  2 xdx =  3 cos x
1 3

1 (t  1)
= 2e4  2e0  2e 4  2 4 xdx  2du
4 
dt  14  (t  1)t 1/ 2 dt  14  t 1/ 2  t 1/ 2 dt
t

This gives: 14 23 t  2t
3/ 2 1/ 2
c  x=0→u=0 Therefore,  sin xdx   cos x 
3
 1
3 
cos3 x  c
x=2→u=4
=  cos x  13 cos x  c
3

But t  2 x  1 , so 1
4  2
3 
(2 x  1)3/ 2  2(2 x  1)1/ 2  c .
This expands to give: 1
6
(2 x  1)3/ 2  12 (2 x  1)1/ 2  c

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