I don't understand this integral

I don't understand for integral ysin(xy)dx = -cos(xy) for a=1 b=2. I know sin's integral is cos, but I don't understand how to eliminated the y in the left equation so it become the right equation. Please help!

JasonRox
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What is the derivative to -cos(xy)?

That should help to where the y is going.

nrqed
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I don't understand for integral ysin(xy)dx = -cos(xy) for a=1 b=2. I know sin's integral is cos, but I don't understand how to eliminated the y in the left equation so it become the right equation. Please help!

I am assuming that the a and b are the limits of integration.
And I am assuming that y is a constant here (it's independent of x). Then this is the simplest type of substitution: just define a new variable z=xy. What is dx then? You should then integrate easily (watch out about changing the limits of integration though if you leave your answer in terms of z).

how do you integrate x(y^2 - x^2)^(1/2)? my TA says the answer is (-1/3)((y^2 - x^2)^(3/2)) but i don't get where is the (-1/3) comes from....

JasonRox
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how do you integrate x(y^2 - x^2)^(1/2)? my TA says the answer is (-1/3)((y^2 - x^2)^(3/2)) but i don't get where is the (-1/3) comes from....

Did you not do any substitution rules or anything?

Where is the work for this? Follow the work and it should be clear where it came from.

this is the process i got so far

(x^2/2)((y^2-x^2)^(3/2))/(3/2)(-1/x^2)

but one thing i don't understand, for the (-1/X^2), is this a proper intergral step?

JasonRox
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this is the process i got so far

(x^2/2)((y^2-x^2)^(3/2))/(3/2)(-1/x^2)

but one thing i don't understand, for the (-1/X^2), is this a proper intergral step?

What?

Where does all this come from?

nevermind , i got it

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