John Connellan
03-23-04, 06:18 AM
I have a function:
a*tan<sup>2</sup>(pi/26*x) + 0.05
Whe I integrate this (from x=3 to x=2) I cannot find the right area.
Can someone help here?
James R
03-23-04, 07:40 AM
First, use the fact that
tan<sup>2</sup>x = sec<sup>2</sup>x - 1
to rewrite your function as
a [sec<sup>2</sup>(pi/26 x) + 1] + 0.05
Put u = pi/26 x, so that du = pi/26 dx
Now, integrate, bearing in mind that the integral of sec<sup>2</sup>u is tan u.
Integral [a sec<sup>2</sup>(pi/26 x) + a + 0.05] dx
= 26/pi Integral [a sec<sup>2</sup>u + a + 0.05] du
= 26/pi [a tan u + (a + 0.05)u]
= 26/pi [a tan(pi/26 x) + (a + 0.05)(pi/26 x)]
Finally, evaluated between x=2 and x=3.
Hope this helps.
John Connellan
03-23-04, 07:57 AM
Thanks but did u make a mistake on the second line so it should have been:
a[sec<sup>2</sup>(π/26 x)-1] + 0.05
???????????
Yep, he did.
It happens to the best of us!