A question about an odd function

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No one suggested 0 as an answer for that problem! x2(1+ sin2007(x)) is definitely not an odd function!

In your original post, people first suggested you separate it, just as you did here, into
[tex]\int_{-1}^1 x^2(1+ sin^{2007}(x))dx= \int_{-1}^1 x^2 dx+ \int_{-1}^1 x^2 sin^{2007}(x) dx[/tex]
It was only the second part that was odd and so gave a 0 result, just as you have.
 
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