How Can You Integrate sin^4(2x) Without Using the Reduction Formula?

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integrate sin^4(2x) without using the reduction formula.im stuck.
im pretty sure you have to use integration by parts.
 
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Try using double-angle formulae a couple of times.
 
don't know what the reduction formula is, maybe it is the trick I'm about to give you

[tex]\int sin(2x)^4 dx = \frac{1}{2} \int sin(u)^4 du = \frac{1}{2} \int (sin(u)^2)^{3/2} sin(u) du = \frac{1}{2} \int (1-cos(u)^2)^{3/2} sin(u)du = \frac{1}{2} \int (1-t^2)^{3/2} dt = \int sqrt((1-t^2)^3)[/tex]

maybe you can do this?, of cause you have to keep track of all the substitutions to get how sin and y are related but that should be possible.
 
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