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Old 10-18-2004, 07:41 AM   #42
aleph_null1
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ilander:
Anyway, so I can't figure out the integral of x sin^2 (x) dx... ...I've spent two hours thinking about it, and I'm no closer, as integration by substitution seems to get me nowhere...
I'm probably too late to be useful, but the answer is:

(x^2 / 4) - (1/8 * cos(2x)) - (1/4 * x * sin(2x))

You've to use the identity integral( sin(x)^2 ) == x/2 - 1/4 * sin(2x)

(whew... haven't integrated anything in a while )
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