Integrating tan³x dx

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Zondrina said:
No that looks fine. Except you have another ##u## sitting around that you need to sub back in for. You can also combine both constant terms into one constant term. Call it ##C##.

Yes it is also a rule that ##\int \frac{1}{x} dx = ln|x|##.

##\int \frac{1}{x^n} =##

##\frac{x^{n+1}}{n+1}## if ##n ≠ 1##

##ln|x|## if ##n = 1##


So then
= u2/2 + C + ∫ du/u
= u2/2 + ln (|u|) + C
= u2/2 + ln (|cos x|) + C?
= (sec x)2/2 + ln (|cos x|) + C?
 
missn525 said:
So then
= u2/2 + C + ∫ du/u
= u2/2 + ln (|u|) + C
= u2/2 + ln (|cos x|) + C?
= (sec x)2/2 + ln (|cos x|) + C?

Yes that looks good now.
 
Zondrina said:
Yes that looks good now.

Is there anything left?