Integrate sin(y)/(x+y): Tips to Solve Double Integral

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i have a double integral to reverse the order of and then integrate, i have reversed the order fine, however i am VERY stuck on the integration of the function in the first integral

integrate sin(y)/(x+y) dx between 0 and y

any pointers greately appreciated
 
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so it would just be sin(y) * integral 1/(x+y)

therefore sin(y) * ln(x+y)

if so I am going to feel like a fool :P
 
if this is the case i have now integrated it and subbed for (y) (from the limits) to get sin(y)*ln(2y) but i must now integrate that function wrt y, which is even harder than the first function >.< and i am very stuck, maybe integration by parts here?
 
ok the original integral was between y and 0 hence getting sin(y)*ln(2y)

now the integral is that function I've just typed between pi/2 and 0 dy

im muchos stuck
 
The bounds on the first integral are y and 0 right? So just enter the bounds correctly. Don't skip too many steps or you might miss a simplification:
[tex]\ln(x+y)|^{x=y}_{x=0}=\ln(2y)-\ln(y)=\ln(\frac{2y}{y})=\ln2[/tex]

Which doesn't even depend on y, so the integral is easy as pie.
 
Galileo said:
The bounds on the first integral are y and 0 right? So just enter the bounds correctly. Don't skip too many steps or you might miss a simplification:
[tex]\ln(x+y)|^{x=y}_{x=0}=\ln(2y)-\ln(y)=\ln(\frac{2y}{y})=\ln2[/tex]

Which doesn't even depend on y, so the integral is easy as pie.

thanks :)

i just forgot to separate the variables and made life hard on myself