Chadlee88 said:
can som1 please give me an idea where to start with this integral.
integral of: cos (2t) x e^2t
Whoops, I don't think any Pre-Calculus students do learn
Integration.
This is a good candidate for
Integrate By Parts. I'll give you an example similar to your problem. You can read the example, and see if do the problem on your own.
The formula is:
\int u dv = uv - \int v du
Example:
I = \int e ^ x \sin x dx
Let u = e
x, dv = sin x dx
~~> du = e
xdx, and v = -cos x, so your integral will become:
I = \int e ^ x \sin x dx = - e ^ x \cos x + \int e ^ x \cos x dx
You should note that, if you let u = e
x previously, then, this time, you'll also let u = e
x, or you'll end up getting something like: I - I = C (where C is a constant)
Let u = e
x, and dv = cos x dx
~~~> du = u = e
x dx, and v = sin(x)
We have:
I = - e ^ x \cos x + \int e ^ x \cos x dx + C' = -e ^ x \cos x + \left( e ^ x \sin x - \int e ^ x \ sin x dx \right) + C' = -e ^ x \cos x + e ^ x \sin x - I + C'
Isolate I to one sides yields:
2I = -e ^ x \cos x + e ^ x \sin x + C'
\Rightarrow I = \frac{1}{2} \left( -e ^ x \cos x + e ^ x \sin x \right) + C (where C, and C' are the Constants of Integrations.)
Can you go from here? :)