How to take sin^2 out and leave theta

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This is a small portion of a bigger physics problem I am trying to solve, but I can't get passed this little integrand reformulation.

How does this

∫(sinθ/cosθ)d(sin2θ)

Become

∫[sinθ(2sinθcosθ)/cosθ]dθ

Basically, how is the sin2 taken out of the d(sin2θ) and the θ left in the dθ?

Thanks
 
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shanepitts said:
This is a small portion of a bigger physics problem I am trying to solve, but I can't get passed this little integrand reformulation.

How does this

∫(sinθ/cosθ)d(sin2θ)

Become

∫[sinθ(2sinθcosθ)/cosθ]dθ

Basically, how is the sin2 taken out of the d(sin2θ) and the θ left in the dθ?

Thanks

##d(f(\theta))=\frac{df(\theta)}{d\theta} d\theta##. Is that enough?
 
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##d(f(\theta))=\frac{df(\theta)}{d\theta} d\theta##. Is that enough?

It is more than enough

Thanks
 
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