Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - Trigonometric Integrals - 7.2 Exercises - Page 485: 43

Answer

$\displaystyle \frac{1}{15}$

Work Step by Step

$I=\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\pi/2}\cos 5t\cos 10tdt$ To evaluate the integral (c) $\displaystyle \int\cos mx\cos nxdx,$ $use $(c) $\displaystyle \quad \cos A\cos B=\frac{1}{2}[\cos(A-B)+\cos(A+B)]$ $\displaystyle \cos 10t\cos 5t=\frac{1}{2}[\cos(5t)+\cos(15t)]$ $I=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{\pi/2}[\cos(5t)+\cos(15t)]dt$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{1}{15}\sin(15t)+\frac{1}{5}\sin(5t)\right]_{0}^{\pi/2}$ $(\displaystyle \frac{15}{2}\pi=\frac{3\pi}{2}+6\pi, \quad \sin(\frac{15}{2}\pi)=-1$ $\displaystyle \frac{5}{2}\pi=\frac{\pi}{2}+2\pi, \quad\sin(\frac{5}{2}\pi)=+1)$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}[(-\frac{1}{15}+\frac{1}{5})-0]$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{2}{15}$ $=\displaystyle \frac{1}{15}$
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