Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 508: 82

Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {2{{\sin }^2}x - 1} \right) + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{{{\sin }^4}x + {{\cos }^4}x}}} dx \cr & {\text{Rewrite}} \cr & = \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{{{\sin }^4}x + {{\left( {{{\cos }^2}x} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Use pythagorean identities}} \cr & = \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{{{\sin }^4}x + {{\left( {1 - {{\sin }^2}x} \right)}^2}}}} dx \cr & = \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{{{\sin }^4}x + 1 - 2{{\sin }^2}x + {{\sin }^4}x}}} dx \cr & = \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{2{{\sin }^4}x - 2{{\sin }^2}x + 1}}} dx \cr & = \int {\frac{{\sin x\cos x}}{{2{{\left( {{{\sin }^2}x} \right)}^2} - 2{{\sin }^2}x + 1}}} dx \cr & {\text{Let }}u = {\sin ^2}x \to du = 2\sin x\cos xdx \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & = \frac{1}{2}\int {\frac{{du}}{{2{u^2} - 2u + 1}}} \cr & = \frac{1}{4}\int {\frac{{du}}{{{u^2} - u + 1/2}}} \cr & {\text{Completing the square}} \cr & = \frac{1}{4}\int {\frac{{du}}{{{u^2} - u + 1/4 + 1/2 - 1/4}}} \cr & = \frac{1}{4}\int {\frac{{du}}{{{{\left( {u - 1/2} \right)}^2} + 1/4}}} \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & = \frac{1}{4}\left( {\frac{1}{{1/2}}{{\tan }^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{{u - 1/2}}{{1/2}}} \right)} \right) + C \cr & = \frac{1}{2}{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {2u - 1} \right) + C \cr & {\text{Write in terms of }}x \cr & = \frac{1}{2}{\tan ^{ - 1}}\left( {2{{\sin }^2}x - 1} \right) + C \cr} $$
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