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reduction formula?
using reduction formula solve
∫ x^5 cos(x) dx with limits of pi & 0
Thanks in advance
sorry the limits were 0 fist then Pi
2 Answers
- Dr DLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
u = x^n
dv = cosx * dx
du = nx^(n-1)
v = sinx
I_n = ∫ x^n cos(x) dx
= x^n * sinx - n* ∫x^(n-1) * sinx * dx
= 0 - n*∫x^(n-1) * sinx * dx after applying limits
= -n * [-(x)^(n-1)*cosx + (n-1)*∫ x^(n-2)* cosx * dx]
= -n * [π^(n-1) + (n-1)*I_n-2]
= -nπ^(n-1) - n*(n-1)*I_n-2
So starting with n = 5
I_5 = -5*π^4 - 20*I_3
I_3 = -3*π^2 - 6*I_1
I_1 = - n*∫x^(n-1) * sinx * dx from an earlier line
= ∫ -sinx * dx
= cosx = -2 after limits
So I_3 = -3*π^2 + 12
I_5 = -5*π^4 + 60*π^2 - 240
= -134.869
If the limits are π first then 0 second,
I_5 = +134.869
Please check over my work in case I made any errors. It's easy to make mistakes in questions like this.
- 1 decade ago
It's very hard to do this by repeatedly applying the formulas. It's pretty easy using a table method of integration by parts. You just have to continually differentiate x^5 and continually integrate cosx. Then you multiply across, alternating plus and minus. All the sin terms can be ignored since sin 0 = sin pi = 0. You end up with
(5x^4-6x^2+120)*cosx from 0 to pi.
This becomes -5 pi^4 + 60 pi^2 -240, which is what the other answerer got.