Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Integrals - 4.5 The Substitution Rule - 4.5 Exercises - Page 347: 65

Answer

\begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\cos x) d x &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\sin x) d x \end{aligned}

Work Step by Step

Given $$\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\cos x) d x $$ Since \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\cos x) d x &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f\left(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right)\right)d x \end{aligned} let $ u=\frac{\pi}{2}-x, $then $d u=-d x$ and \begin{aligned} \text{at }\ x&= 0\ \to u= \pi/2\\ \text{at }\ x&= \pi/2\ \to u= 0 \end{aligned} It follows that \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\cos x) d x &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f\left(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right)\right)d x \\ &=\int_{\pi / 2}^{0} f(\sin u)(-d u)\\ &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\sin u) d u\\ &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 2} f(\sin x) d x \end{aligned}
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