Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - Trigonometric Integrals - 7.2 Exercises - Page 485: 54

Answer

$\dfrac{2\tan^3\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{3}+2\tan\left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right)+C$

Work Step by Step

$I= \int sec^4(\frac{x}{2})dx = \int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})sec^2(\frac{x}{2})dx$ Using $sec^2(\theta)=tan^2(\theta)+1$ We get: $\int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})[tan^2(\frac{x}{2})+1]dx = \int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})tan^2(\frac{x}{2})dx+\int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})dx$ $I_1=\int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})tan^2(\frac{x}{2})dx$ $I_2=\int sec^2(\frac{x}{2})dx$ $I_2= 2tan(\frac{x}{2})+C_2$ Using $\int f'(x)f^n(x) dx = \frac{f^{n+1}}{n+1}+C$ for $I_1$ We get: $I_1=2\int \frac{1}{2}sec^2(\frac{x}{2})tan^2(\frac{x}{2})dx =\frac{2tan^3(\frac{x}{2})}{3}+C_1$ $I=I_1+I_2=\dfrac{2\tan^3\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}{3}+2\tan\left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right)+C.$
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