Integration of sin⁶θ cos θ using substitution

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[SOLVED] Integration using substitution

Problem: Find the integral of:
[tex]\int\sin^{6}\theta\cos\theta d\theta[/tex]

My attempt:

Let [tex]u\equiv\cos\theta[/tex]
so: [tex]du\equiv\sin\thetad\theta[/tex]

Only I don't know where to go from there.

The book says it should [tex]\frac{1}{7}\sin^{7}\theta+C[/tex] but I have no idea how they got that.

I'm probably missing something obvious here.
 
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Try letting [tex]u=sin \theta[/tex]
 
Your are much better off letting u=sin(x).
 
Dick said:
Your are much better off letting u=sin(x).

Ah, that was the totally obvious thing I was missing. For some reason, I decided that the derivative of Sin(x) was...Sin(x)...

Thanks guys.