Question #091e6

1 Answer
Jul 10, 2016

intbcos(theta)dx = x*bcos(theta) + C or, if you meant to ask for intbcos(theta)d theta then the integral is bsin(theta) + C.

Explanation:

The dx at the end of an integral means that the integral should be performed with respect to x. So for an equation like bcos(theta) which does not have an x, the integral is trivial, we just multiply in an x and add the constant.

intbcos(theta)dx = xbcos(theta) + C

In case the question was actually meant to be intbcos(theta)d theta then the answer is still not too hard.

The integral of cos(x) is sin(x). Applying this rule, the answer is easily found:
intbcos(theta)d theta = bintcos(theta) d theta = bsin(theta) + C