Question
Question: What is the integral of \(\operatorname{Sin}2x\)?...
What is the integral of Sin2x?
Solution
To integrate the trigonometric function we will use the basic concept of integrating the simple trigonometric function, likesin(ax+b)where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are constant and ‘x’ is variable.
Complete step-by-step solution:
Moving ahead with the question in step wise manner,
We are asked to integrateSin2x. Since we directly know the integration ofsinx which is−cosx. But integration ofSin2x is a little bit complex. For this type of question we know that we can integrate the trigonometric function like integration ofsin(ax+b) (where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are constant and ‘x’ is variable) which is equala−cos(ax+b)+c, i.e.∫sin(ax+b)=a−cos(ax+b)+c .
So using the same formula let us integrateSin2x. By comparing it with the formula we can say it is written asSin(2x+0)in which constant ‘a’ and ‘b’ are ‘2’ and ‘0’ respectively.
So according to question we had to find out the integration ofSin(2x+0)which we can write it as∫Sin(2x+0).
As by formula we know that integration of trigonometric functionsinxis−cosxso by using the formula ofsin(ax+b)we will get;
∫sin2x=∫Sin(2x+0)∫sin2x=2−cos(2x+0)+c∫sin2x=2−cos(2x)+c
So we got2−cos(2x+0)+cin which c is some constant.
Hence the answer is2−cos(2x+0)+c.
Note: If the angle inside the trigonometric function is present in linear form then only this formula as in our case it is2xand if it will be2x2orx3or some other exponential then we can’t apply this method.