Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Practice Exercises - Page 245: 78

Answer

$(\dfrac{1}{2}) x-(\dfrac{1}{2}) \sin x+C$

Work Step by Step

Use formula $\int x^{a} dx=\dfrac{x^{a+1}}{n+1}+c$ where $c$ is a constant of proportionality. As we know that $\cos^2 (x)=\dfrac{1+\cos x}{2}$ and $\int \cos (x) dx=\sin (x)$ Then $\int \cos^2 (\dfrac{x}{2}) dx= \int \dfrac{1+\cos (x)}{2} dx$ This implies that, $(\dfrac{1}{2}) x- \dfrac{1}{2} \int \cos (x) dx=\int \cos^2 (\dfrac{x}{2}) dx=(\dfrac{1}{2}) x-(\dfrac{1}{2}) \sin x+C$
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