Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.6 Exercises - Page 556: 57

Answer

The solution is $$\int\frac{\sin\theta}{3-2\cos\theta}d\theta=\frac{1}{2}\ln|3-2\cos\theta|+c.$$

Work Step by Step

To solve the integral $$\int\frac{\sin\theta}{3-2\cos\theta}d\theta$$ we will use substitution $3-2\cos\theta=t\Rightarrow 2\sin\theta d\theta=dt\Rightarrow \sin\theta d\theta=\frac{dt}{2}.$ Putting this into the integral we have: $$\int\frac{\sin\theta}{3-2\cos\theta}d\theta=\int\frac{1}{t}\frac{dt}{2}=\frac{1}{2}\ln |t| +c,$$ where $c$ is arbitrary constant. Now we have to express our solution (which is in terms of $t$) in terms of $\theta$: $$\int\frac{\sin\theta}{3-2\cos\theta}d\theta=\frac{1}{2}\ln |t| +c=\frac{1}{2}\ln|3-2\cos\theta|+c.$$
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