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Jago

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i've been told this integration is more 4unit orientated. try asking the question there.
 

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x to the 6 integrates to be x to the 7 over 7
and all that is over
the integral of root(1-x cubed) which is (1-xcubed) to the half
which integral is 1-xcubed to the 1.5 over 1.5 times the differentail of whats inside the brackets (2x)

so:
x (to the 7)
over 7
over (1-xcubed) to the 1.5
over 1.5 times 2x
 

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You can't quite integrate that way Poon :p
It's a simple substitution with x = cosa, or x = sina (up to your whim).
 

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Poon-Tang said:
x to the 6 integrates to be x to the 7 over 7
and all that is over
the integral of root(1-x cubed) which is (1-xcubed) to the half
which integral is 1-xcubed to the 1.5 over 1.5 times the differentail of whats inside the brackets (2x)

so:
x (to the 7)
over 7
over (1-xcubed) to the 1.5
over 1.5 times 2x
Unfortunately, that is essentially treating the integral of g(x)*h(x) as the integral of g(x) * the integral of h(x). This is not possible.

I=Int( x^6/sqrt(1 - x^2) )dx
Let x=sin@ (I like this one because the derivative is positive)
dx=cos@ d@
I=Int( sin^6(@)/cos@ * cos@ d@)
I=Int( sin^6(@) d@ )

I'm about to use a 4 unit technique, so you should probably stop reading.

Now, 2isin@=z-1/z
(2isin@)^6=-64sin^6(@)=(z-1/z)^6
1 6 15 20 15 6 1
-64sin^6(@)=(z^6+1/z^6)+6(z^4+1/z^4)+15(z^2+1/z^2)+20
.'. subbing back in z^n+1/z^n=2cos(n@):
-64sin^6(@)=2cos6@+12cos4@+30cos2@+20
.'.sin^6(@)=-(cos6@+6cos4@+15cos2@+10)/32

So I=Int(sin^6(@) d@)
Equals I=Int(-(cos6@+6cos4@+15cos2@+10)/32)
I=-Int(cos6@+6cos4@+15cos2@+10)/32
I=-[sin(6@)/6+2sin(4@)/3+15sin(2@)/2+10@]/32

I=-(sin6@+4sin4@+45sin2@+60@)/192

Or something like that. Kinda bored.
 

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my eyes sorta went out of focus due to all the "@"s...

S.R. : show me how to do induction inequalities properly in the other thread.
 

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rofl at your method Slide Rule!
Turn a 4 marker into a 2-pages-working colossus. :p
 

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SaHbEeWaH said:
hi can somebody show me how to do this

integrate x^6 / sqrt(1 - x^2)

thanks

do stuff, get
I=int. sin^6@ d@
=int. sin^4@sin^2@ d@
=int. (1-cos^2@)^2sin^2@ d@
=int.(1-2cos^2@+cos^4@)sin^2@ d@
=int. sin^2 @ d@-int. 2sin^2 @cos^2 @d@+int. sin^2 @cos^4 @ d@
=1\2 int. (1-cos2@)d@-1\2int. 2sin@cos@2sin@cos@d@+int. sin^2@cos^4@d@
=1\2(@-1\2sin2@)-1\2int. sin^2 (2@)d@+int. sin^2@cos^4@d@
=1\2(@-1\2sin2@)-1\4int. (1-cos4@)d@+int. sin^2@cos^4@d@
=1\2(@-1\2sin2@)-1\4(@-1\4sin4@)+int. sin^2@cos^4@d@
=1\2(@-1\2sin2@)-1\4(@-1\4sin4@)+16(@+1\3sin^3(2@)-1\4sin(4@))


juz did it for fun, haven't checked if it's right lol.
 

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Yeah... so I don't see how that method is any better (shorter) than the 4 unit method, assuming you know the 4unit method. :p
 

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You can use (ampersand)theta(semi-colon) for easier reading... do a replace function in wordpad.

I've converted it just then, you guys should check the very last part as an exercise, i.e. S sin<sup>2</sup>θcos<sup>4</sup>θdθ. The rest is clean.

I=S sin<sup>6</sup>&theta; d&theta;
=S sin<sup>4</sup>&theta;sin<sup>2</sup>&theta; d&theta;
=S (1-cos<sup>2</sup>&theta; )<sup>2</sup>sin<sup>2</sup>&theta; d&theta;
=S(1-2cos<sup>2</sup>&theta;+cos<sup>4</sup>&theta; )sin<sup>2</sup>&theta; d&theta;
=S sin<sup>2</sup> &theta; d&theta;-S 2Tin<sup>2</sup> &theta;cos<sup>2</sup> &theta;d&theta;+S sin<sup>2</sup> &theta;cos<sup>4</sup> &theta; d&theta;
=1\2 S (1-cos2&theta; )d&theta;-1\2S 2sin&theta;cos&theta;2sin&theta;cos&theta;d&theta;+S sin<sup>2</sup>&theta;cos<sup>4</sup>&theta;d&theta;
=1\2(&theta;-1\2sin2&theta; )-1\2S sin<sup>2</sup> (2&theta; )d&theta;+S sin<sup>2</sup>&theta;cos<sup>4</sup>&theta;d&theta;
=1\2(&theta;-1\2sin2&theta; )-1\4S (1-cos4&theta; )d&theta;+S sin<sup>2</sup>&theta;cos<sup>4</sup>&theta;d&theta;
=1\2(&theta;-1\2sin2&theta; )-1\4(&theta;-1\4sin4&theta; )+S sin<sup>2</sup>&theta;cos<sup>4</sup>&theta;d&theta;
=1\2(&theta;-1\2sin2&theta; )-1\4(&theta;-1\4sin4&theta; )+16(&theta;+1\3sin<sup>3</sup>(2&theta; )-1\4sin(4&theta; ))

To nitpick: it's 1/16 and not 16.
 
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hahaha, thx blackjack for conversion =P
yea, oops! it's 1\16
hahaha
 

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I hope this helps...

ps attachment is the answer..
+ C at the end
 
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Integrals can be represented in different ways. However, I'm guessing that answer came from mathematica or somesuch. It's not terribly useful in terms of the HSC.
 

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Slide Rule said:
Integrals can be represented in different ways. However, I'm guessing that answer came from mathematica or somesuch. It's not terribly useful in terms of the HSC.

sorry, i didnt mean your answer was wrong... that was just the final answer written clearly because people were complaining about reading off the long lines of working.
 

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Oh, no, it's no problem. But if you ever wrote that down as the answer in a test or something you'd be marked wrong. As a general rule it's the method not the answer that counts.

Unless I'm missing something and you did derive that answer...?
 

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