Calculus Examples

$\frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)}$

Step 1

Write $\frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ as a function.

$f (x) = \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)}$

Step 2

The function $F (x)$ can be found by finding the indefinite integral of the derivative $f (x)$ .

$F (x) = \int f (x) d x$

Step 3

Set up the integral to solve.

$F (x) = \int \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} d x$

Step 4

Convert from $\frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ to $\sec^{2} (x)$ .

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

Step 5

Since the derivative of $\tan (x)$ is $\sec^{2} (x)$ , the integral of $\sec^{2} (x)$ is $\tan (x)$ .

$\tan (x) + C$

Step 6

The answer is the antiderivative of the function $f (x) = \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ .

$F (x) =$ $\tan (x) + C$