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ACLerok
Sep30-04, 10:07 PM
how do i integrate sqrt(3-(x^2))/sqrt(3)? i put the sqrt(3) outside the integral and tried using the substitution method to integrate it but there is still an x in there?

same thing with integrating sqrt(3-3*(x^2))

Thanks!!! This thing is due tomorrow.. :eek:

vsage
Sep30-04, 10:11 PM
that's a classic trig substitution case. (Use sine trig substitution).

ACLerok
Sep30-04, 10:31 PM
that's a classic trig substitution case. (Use sine trig substitution).

both of them?

vsage
Sep30-04, 10:39 PM
Yeah it's not that much different with both.. just different coefficients you have to pull out of the square root.

ACLerok
Sep30-04, 11:41 PM
alright i think i almost got it.. now i have another question, whats the integral of cos^2(x)?

arildno
Oct1-04, 09:18 AM
You've got the identity:
\cos^{2}x=\frac{1+\cos2x}{2}