Thursday, August 29, 2013

How to use integration rules to evaluate the integral of tan (2x)?

First, we'll substitute 2x by
t.


2x = t


Differentiating both
sides, we'll get:


2dx = dt => dx =
dt/2


We'll re-write the
integral:


Int tan(2x)dx = Int (tan
t)*dt/2


We'll write tan t = sin t/cos
t


Int (tan t)*dt/2 = Int (sin t/cos
t)*(dt/2)


We'll apply substitution technique to solve the
indefinite integral. We'll put cos t = v.


- sin t dt =
dv


Int (sin t/cos t)*(dt/2) = Int -dv/2v = - (1/2)*ln |v| +
C


Int (tan t)*dt/2 = - (1/2)*ln |cos t| +
C


Int tan (2x)*dx = - (1/2)*ln |cos (2x)| +
C


Int tan (2x)*dx = ln [1/sqrt (cos 2x)] +
C


The indefinite integral of the given
function is: Int tan (2x)*dx = ln [1/sqrt (cos 2x)] +
C

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