ookt2c Messages 16 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Feb 6, 2008 #1 integrate sin^4(2x) without using the reduction formula.im stuck. im pretty sure you have to use integration by parts.
integrate sin^4(2x) without using the reduction formula.im stuck. im pretty sure you have to use integration by parts.
rock.freak667 Homework Helper Messages 6,221 Reaction score 31 Feb 6, 2008 #3 The double angle formula for cos will help I believe.
mrandersdk Messages 243 Reaction score 1 Feb 7, 2008 #4 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. Last edited: Feb 7, 2008
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.
sutupidmath Messages 1,629 Reaction score 4 Feb 7, 2008 #5 This thread is already somewhere else. I mean the exact same question. https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=213617
This thread is already somewhere else. I mean the exact same question. https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=213617