Answer:
In this section we use trigonometric identities to integrate certain combinations of trigonometric functions. We start with powers of sine and cosine.
EXAMPLE 1 Evaluate .
SOLUTION Simply substituting isn’t helpful, since then . In order
to integrate powers of cosine, we would need an extra factor. Similarly, a power of
sine would require an extra factor. Thus, here we can separate one cosine factor
and convert the remaining factor to an expression involving sine using the identity
:
We can then evaluate the integral by substituting , so and
In general, we try to write an integrand involving powers of sine and cosine in a form
where we have only one sine factor (and the remainder of the expression in terms of
cosine) or only one cosine factor (and the remainder of the expression in terms of sine).
The identity enables us to convert back and forth between even powers
of sine and cosine.
EXAMPLE 2 Find
SOLUTION We could convert to , but we would be left with an expression in
terms of with no extra factor. Instead, we separate a single sine factor and
rewrite the remaining factor in terms of :
Substituting , we have and so
1
3 cos3
x 2
5 cos5
x 1
7 cos7
x C
u3
3 2
u5
5
u7
7 C
y 1 u2
2
u2 du y u2 2u4 u6
du
y 1 cos2
x
2 cos2
x sin x dx
y sin5
x cos2
x dx y sin2
x
2 cos2
x sin x dx
u cos x du sin x dx
sin5
x cos2
x sin2
x
2
cos2
x sin x 1 cos2
x
2
cos2
x sin x
sin cos x 4
x
sin x cos x
1 sin2 cos x 2
x
y sin5
x cos2
x dx
sin2
x cos2
x 1
sin x 1
3 sin3
x C
y 1 u2 du u 1
3 u3 C
y cos3
x dx y cos2
x cos x dx y 1 sin2
x cos x d
Explanation: