# Natural logarithm homework

i have a problem plz help

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Who can solve this for me?!?!?!

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berkeman
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What are your thoughts on how to approach this problem?

i can do it but i need the primitive of sin x and thats my problem, the rest of the problem i can solve , i just only cant manage to discover de primitive of sin x

Defennder
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Is that a logarithm of base 10 or the natural logarithm?

Defennder
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The indefinite integral doesn't appear to have an elementary solution. So I'm thinking there must be something special about the definite integral.

Dick
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This is basically a trick. There is no elementary primitive. Here's a clue. Change the range of integration to 0 to pi/2 and call the integral I. Then you want -2*I. Now observe the integral of log(cos(x)) is also I. That's the clue. Add integral log(sin(x)) and log(cos(x)) and use a rule of logarithms and a trig identity and a u-substitution. Now you got an equation with a bunch of I's in it. Can you solve for I?

Integrate by partial fraction.

rock.freak667
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This is basically a trick. There is no elementary primitive. Here's a clue. Change the range of integration to 0 to pi/2 and call the integral I. Then you want -2*I. Now observe the integral of log(cos(x)) is also I. That's the clue. Add integral log(sin(x)) and log(cos(x)) and use a rule of logarithms and a trig identity and a u-substitution. Now you got an equation with a bunch of I's in it. Can you solve for I?
how come if you change from pi to pi/2, the integral is doubled? I get that if the integrand was just sinx but isn't lnsinx something entirely different?

Dick
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ln(sin(x)) is just as symmetric as sin(x). The integral of it from 0->pi/2 is half the integral of it from 0->pi.

rock.freak667
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oh ok then...I thought the graphs were very different.

Dick
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They are very different. But they are still symmetric around x=pi/2. Did you solve the problem? It's really not that hard if you put your mind to it and know the secret hint. I only knew it because I've seen this problem before.

rock.freak667
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They are very different. But they are still symmetric around x=pi/2. Did you solve the problem? It's really not that hard if you put your mind to it and know the secret hint. I only knew it because I've seen this problem before.
I only solved it based on your hints but I didn't know it was symmetric at pi/2. But how you knew to change the limits of integration beats me

Dick