Question #91a61

1 Answer
May 7, 2016

-(cscx+sinx)

Explanation:

intcos^3x * csc^2x dx =intcos^2x*cosx *1/sin^2x dx
=int(1-sin^2x)*cosx /sin^2x dx

Now let z=sinx =>dz=cosxdx

so changing the varable from x to z the integral becomes

=int(1-z^2)/z^2 dz=intdz/z^2-intdz=z^(-2+1)/(-2+1)-z+c
=-1/z-z+c=-1/sinx-sinx=-(cscx+sinx)