Integrals of Trigonometric Functions

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Homework Statement



I have three problems that I'm having a hard time with. I'd appreciate any help with
any of the three problems.

\int((cos(x))^6)dx

AND

\int(x^3 * sqrt(x^2 - 1)

AND

Solve for y (separation of variables):
dy/dx = ((2y + 3)^2)/((4x + 5)^2)


Homework Equations



Separation of variables for 3rd problem.


The Attempt at a Solution



I have work on scartch paper but I get stuck.
 
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For the first integral, use the reduction formula for cosine.

For the second, try u = x2

For the third, did you try getting everything with y on one side and everything with x on the other?
 
thank you. I am going to try this right now. for the third i got down to an integral that would need partial fraction decomposition but got stuck. :(
 
I finally got the first one. so just the 2nd and 3rd problems now.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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