Reversing Order of Integration: Evaluating an Intgral

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Homework Statement


Evaluate the integral by reversing the order of integration.
[tex]\int^{3}_{0}\int^{9}_{y^2} y cos(x^2) dydx[/tex]

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The Attempt at a Solution


Drawing the picture out we get a sideways parabola.
From the picture I get the following intervals of integration.
0 [tex]\leq[/tex] y [tex]\leq[/tex] [tex]\sqrt{x}[/tex]
0 [tex]\leq[/tex] x [tex]\leq[/tex] 9
Using the above I get the following integral.
[tex]\int^{9}_{0}\int^{sqrt(x)}_{0} y cos(x^2) dxdy[/tex]
After the first integration I get.
[tex]\frac{y^2}{2}[/tex] cos(x^2)
Plugging in [tex]\sqrt{x}[/tex] and 0 I get the following resulting integral.
[tex]\int^{9}_{0} x/2 * cos(x^2) dy[/tex]
And here is my problem. It has been a while since I took my calculus II so I don't remember how to integrate the above and I am also not sure if I set my intervals of integration correctly.
 
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Wait a minute...the second last integral is first done wrt y and then the last integral is done wrt x. How did you get cos(x²)? cos(x) would be a constant wrt y. After correction, the last integral will simply become a by parts integral.
 
It was cos(x^2), and I think I got it using integration by substitution. Thanks a lot.