Question
Question: How do you find the integral of \[{\cos ^4}t \cdot {\sin ^2}t\] ?...
How do you find the integral of cos4t⋅sin2t ?
Solution
Integration is the process of finding the antiderivative. The integration of g′(x)with respect to dx is given by ∫g1(x)dx=g(x)+C.Here C is the constant of integration and we can find the integral by using trigonometric identities of cos and sine functions and finding the integral of terms.
Complete step by step answer:
The given function is cos4t⋅sin2t.
As we need to find the integral, let us rewrite the function as
I=∫cos4t⋅sin2t⋅dt ………………… 1
Observe that, cos and sin both have even Power. So, we have to convert them into Multiple Angles, using the Identities as:
cos2θ=21+cos2θ
⇒sin2θ=21−cos2θ
⇒2cosαcosβ=cos(α+β)+cos(α−β)
Now let us apply the identities with respect to the function given as
cos4t⋅sin2t=41(4cos2t⋅sin2t)(cos2t)
Simplifying the functions, we get
41(sin2(2t))(cos2t)
Expanding the sin and cos function as
\dfrac{1}{4}\left\\{ {\dfrac{1}{2}\left( {1 - \cos 4t} \right)} \right\\}\left\\{ {\dfrac{1}{2}\left( {1 + \cos 2t} \right)} \right\\}
⇒161(1−cos4t+cos2t−cos4tcos2t)
\Rightarrow\dfrac{1}{{32}}\left\\{ {2 - 2\cos 4t + 2\cos 2t - 2\cos 4t\cos 2t} \right\\}
\Rightarrow\dfrac{1}{{32}}\left\\{ {2 - 2\cos 4t + 2\cos 2t - \left( {\cos 6t + \cos 2t} \right)} \right\\}
\Rightarrow\dfrac{1}{{32}}\left\\{ {2 - \cos 6t - 2\cos 4t + 3\cos 2t} \right\\} …………… 2
Therefore, to find the integral by equation 1
I=∫cos4t⋅sin2t⋅dt
Substituting the solution of cos4t⋅sin2t i.e., from equation 2 we can find the integral
I = \int {\dfrac{1}{{32}}\left\\{ {2 - \cos 6t - 2\cos 4t + 3\cos 2t} \right\\}dt}
Integrate the terms of the function as
321(2t−61sin6t−2⋅41sin4t+3⋅21sin2t)
Therefore, after integration we get
∴I=1921(12t−sin6t−3sin4t+9sin2t)+C
Hence,the integral of cos4t⋅sin2t is 1921(12t−sin6t−3sin4t+9sin2t)+C.
Note: There are different integration methods that are used to find an integral of some function, which is easier to evaluate the original integral. Hence, based on the function given we can find the integration of the function i.e., by using the integration methods as the details are given as additional information.