Calculus Examples

\int \sin^{2} (x) d x

$\int \sin^{2} (x) d x$

Step 1

Use the half-angle formula to rewrite

\sin^{2} (x)

$\sin^{2} (x)$ as

\frac{1 - \cos (2 x)}{2}

$\frac{1 - \cos (2 x)}{2}$ .

\int \frac{1 - \cos (2 x)}{2} d x

$\int \frac{1 - \cos (2 x)}{2} d x$

Step 2

Since

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ is constant with respect to

x

$x$ , move

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ out of the integral.

\frac{1}{2} \int 1 - \cos (2 x) d x

$\frac{1}{2} \int 1 - \cos (2 x) d x$

Step 3

Split the single integral into multiple integrals.

\frac{1}{2} (\int d x + \int - \cos (2 x) d x)

$\frac{1}{2} (\int d x + \int - \cos (2 x) d x)$

Step 4

Apply the constant rule.

\frac{1}{2} (x + C + \int - \cos (2 x) d x)

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C + \int - \cos (2 x) d x)$

Step 5

Since

- 1

$- 1$ is constant with respect to

x

$x$ , move

- 1

$- 1$ out of the integral.

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (2 x) d x)

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (2 x) d x)$

Step 6

Let

u = 2 x

$u = 2 x$ . Then

d u = 2 d x

$d u = 2 d x$ , so

\frac{1}{2} d u = d x

$\frac{1}{2} d u = d x$ . Rewrite using

u

$u$ and

d

$d$

u

$u$ .

Tap for more steps...

Step 6.1

Let

u = 2 x

$u = 2 x$ . Find

\frac{d u}{d x}

$\frac{d u}{d x}$ .

Tap for more steps...

Step 6.1.1

Differentiate

2 x

$2 x$ .

\frac{d}{d x} [2 x]

$\frac{d}{d x} [2 x]$

Step 6.1.2

Since

2

$2$ is constant with respect to

x

$x$ , the derivative of

2 x

$2 x$ with respect to

x

$x$ is

2 \frac{d}{d x} [x]

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

2 \frac{d}{d x} [x]

$2 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$

Step 6.1.3

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that

\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]

$\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is

n x^{n - 1}

$n x^{n - 1}$ where

n = 1

$n = 1$ .

2 \cdot 1

$2 \cdot 1$

Step 6.1.4

Multiply

2

$2$ by

1

$1$ .

2

$2$

2

$2$

Step 6.2

Rewrite the problem using

u

$u$ and

d u

$d u$ .

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (u) \frac{1}{2} d u)

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (u) \frac{1}{2} d u)$

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (u) \frac{1}{2} d u)

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \cos (u) \frac{1}{2} d u)$

Step 7

Combine

\cos (u)

$\cos (u)$ and

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ .

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \frac{\cos (u)}{2} d u)

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \int \frac{\cos (u)}{2} d u)$

Step 8

Since

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ is constant with respect to

u

$u$ , move

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ out of the integral.

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - (\frac{1}{2} \int \cos (u) d u))

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - (\frac{1}{2} \int \cos (u) d u))$

Step 9

The integral of

\cos (u)

$\cos (u)$ with respect to

u

$u$ is

\sin (u)

$\sin (u)$ .

\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \frac{1}{2} (\sin (u) + C))

$\frac{1}{2} (x + C - \frac{1}{2} (\sin (u) + C))$

Step 10

Simplify.

\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{1}{2} \sin (u)) + C

$\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{1}{2} \sin (u)) + C$

Step 11

Replace all occurrences of

u

$u$ with

2 x

$2 x$ .

\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{1}{2} \sin (2 x)) + C

$\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{1}{2} \sin (2 x)) + C$

Step 12

Simplify.

Tap for more steps...

Step 12.1

Combine

\sin (2 x)

$\sin (2 x)$ and

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ .

\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C

$\frac{1}{2} (x - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C$

Step 12.2

Apply the distributive property.

\frac{1}{2} x + \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C

$\frac{1}{2} x + \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C$

Step 12.3

Combine

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ and

x

$x$ .

\frac{x}{2} + \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C

$\frac{x}{2} + \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}) + C$

Step 12.4

Multiply

\frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2})

$\frac{1}{2} (- \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2})$ .

Tap for more steps...

Step 12.4.1

Multiply

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$ by

\frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}

$\frac{\sin (2 x)}{2}$ .

\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2 \cdot 2} + C

$\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{2 \cdot 2} + C$

Step 12.4.2

Multiply

2

$2$ by

2

$2$ .

\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C

$\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C$

\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C

$\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C$

\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C

$\frac{x}{2} - \frac{\sin (2 x)}{4} + C$

Step 13

Reorder terms.

\frac{1}{2} x - \frac{1}{4} \sin (2 x) + C

$\frac{1}{2} x - \frac{1}{4} \sin (2 x) + C$