Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 7 - Review - Exercises - Page 538: 32

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\pi/4}\frac{x\sin x}{\cos^{3}x}dx=\int_{0}^{\pi/4}\frac{x\sin x}{\cos x}\cdot\sec^{2}xdx=\int_{0}^{\pi/4}x\cdot\tan x\cdot\sec^{2}xdx$ By parts, $\displaystyle \left[\begin{array}{ll} u=x, & dv=\tan x\sec^{2}xdx\\ du=dx & v=\frac{1}{2}\tan^{2}x \end{array}\right],\quad\int_{a}^{b}udv=uv|_{a}^{b}-\int_{a}^{b}vdu$ $=\displaystyle \left[\frac{x}{2}\tan^{2}x\right]_{0}^{\pi/4}-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi/4}\tan^{2}xdx$ $=(\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{8}\cdot 1-0)-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi/4}(\sec^{2}x-1)dx$ $=\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{8}-\frac{1}{2}\left[\tan^{2}x-x\right]_{0}^{\pi/4}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{8}-\frac{1}{2}[1-\frac{\pi}{4}-(0)]$ $=\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{8}-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}-\frac{1}{2}$
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