University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.2 - Trigonometric Integrals - Exercises - Page 434: 9

Answer

$$\int\cos^3xdx=\sin x-\frac{\sin^3x}{3}+C$$

Work Step by Step

$$A=\int\cos^3xdx$$ Following the integral form $\int\sin^mx\cos^nxdx$, this is Case 2, where $m=0$ and $n=3$. $$A=\int\cos^2x(\cos xdx)$$ $$A=\int(1-\sin^2x)d(\sin x)$$ We set $u=\sin x$. $$A=\int (1-u^2)du$$ $$A=u-\frac{u^3}{3}+C$$ $$A=\sin x-\frac{\sin^3x}{3}+C$$
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