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Homework Statement



\int(5sin xcosxdx)/(2+52sinx)


The Attempt at a Solution



I set u = sinx and du = cosxdx which gives me...

\int(5udu)/(2+52u). I just need a little push as where to go from here, not the entire solution, just a push as what to do next. I have a feeling I need to use ln and know that ar = r ln(a) but don't know if I am supposed to use that on the 5u or not, any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
 
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U could take this subs, at the very beginning

\int\frac{5^{sin(x)}cosxdx}{2+(5^{sinx})^2} so taking another substitution here will work quite nicely..

5^{sinx}=\sqrt2 u=>\sqrt2 du=5^{sinx}cos(x)ln(5)dx now i guess you know how things turn out to be, right?
 
That helped a lot, would the final answer then be (1/ln(5)\sqrt{}2)tan-1(5sinx/\sqrt{}2) ? The only thing I was not sure about was the ln(5) as far as how to deal with that.
 
take the derivative of your final answer and see if you get the integrand, then its okay, because i won't bother to do the whole thing. The general format of it looks okay, but i didn't check the details.
 
protivakid said:

Homework Statement



\int(5sin xcosxdx)/(2+52sinx)


The Attempt at a Solution



I set u = sinx and du = cosxdx which gives me...

\int(5udu)/(2+52u). I just need a little push as where to go from here, not the entire solution, just a push as what to do next. I have a feeling I need to use ln and know that ar = r ln(a) but don't know if I am supposed to use that on the 5u or not, any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
52u= (5u)2 so the next step would be the substitution v= 5u, dv= ln(5) 5udu.
 
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