54 INTEGRATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS MAT 183

INTEGRATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

1. 
 sin x dx =  cos x + c

cos ax
2. 
 sin ax dx =  a + c

3. 
 cos x dx = sin x + c

sin ax
4. 
 cos ax dx = a + c

5.  sec2 x dx
 = tan x + c

tan ax
6.  2
 sec ax dx = a + c

7. 
 sec x tan x dx = sec x + c

sec ax
8. 
 sec ax tan ax dx =
a
+ c

 ( sin 3x  e2x ) dx
Example 1: Solve 

Solution:

cos 3x e2x

 ( sin 3x  e ) dx =
2x

3

2
+ c #

 sec 5x ( sec 5x + tan 5x ) dx

Example 2: Solve 

Solution:


 sec 5x ( sec 5x + tan 5x ) dx =  2
 ( sec 5x + sec 5x tan 5x ) dx
tan 5x sec 5x
= 5 + 5 + c #

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Example 3: Find 
sec x
dx
 cos x

Solution:

 sec x dx =  1
dx
 cos x  cos x cos x

=  12 dx
 cos x
=  2
 sec x dx
= tan x + c #

 6 cos3 x  8
Example 4: Find dx
 cos2 x

Solution:

 6 cos x2  8 dx
3
=  ( 6 cos x  82 ) dx
 cos x  cos x

=  ( 6 cos x  8 sec2 x ) dx

= 6 sin x  8 tan x + c #

Example 5: Find 
sin x
dx
 1  sin x
2

Solution:

 sin x 2 dx =  sin2x dx
 1  sin x  cos x

=  1 sin x dx
 cos x cos x
= 
 sec x tan x dx
= sec x + c #

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Example 6: Evaluate 
2

( cos 3x + x + sec2 2x ) dx
1

Solution:
2

 ( cos 3x + 2 + sec2 2x ) dx = [ sin33x + 2 ln x +

tan 2x
+ c ] x=1
x=2
 x 2
1

= [ sin3 6 + 2 ln 2 +
tan 4
2 ]  [ sin3 3 + 0 +
tan 2
2 ]
= 1.8721  (  1.0455 )
= 2.918 #


4

Example 7: Evaluate 
 ( sec x tan x + sin 4x ) dx
0

Solution:

4
cos 4x x = /4

 ( sec x tan x + sin 4x ) dx = [ sec x  4 + c]
x=0
0

= [ cos1 x 
cos 4x
4
] xx==/40
1 cos 
= [ 
 4 ]  [ cos1 0 
cos 0
4 ]
cos 4

(1) 1
= [ 1.4142 
4
] [1 
4
]
= 0.9142 #

4

 cos (   2x ) dx .
Example 8: Evaluate 
0

Solution:

4


 cos (   2x ) dx = [ sin (  2 2x )
+ c]
x = /4
x=0
0

1 x = /4
= 2 [ sin (   2x ) ]
x=0

=
1
2 ( sin 2  sin  )

1
= 2 #

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TUTORIAL 54
1. Solve 
 ( sin 3x  e + 2 ) dx
3x

2. Solve 
 sec x ( sec x + tan x ) dx

Evaluate  (
sin x
3.  3 sin x ) dx
 3
0


3

4. Evaluate 
 ( 4 cos x  sec x ) dx
2

Evaluate  ( e2x + cos 2x 

3
5.
 x
) dx
1


6

6. Evaluate 
 ( 1  cos 4 ) d
0


8

7. Evaluate  2
 sec 2 d
0

8. Evaluate 
 sec 2x tan 2x dx
0


4

Evaluate  cos x dx
sec x
9.

0

Answers:
cos 3x e3x
1.  3  3 + 2x + c
2. tan x + sec x + c
3.  1.226
4. 3
5. 260.16
6. 0.3071
1
7. 2
8. 1.7015
9. 1

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