What is the antiderivative of 2sin(t/2)?

1 Answer
Mar 4, 2017

Anti-derivative is indefinite integral of a function.

Explanation:

In other words an anti-derivative is a function that reverses what derivative does.
Therefore to find the anti-derivative we need to find a function f(t) such that

f'(t)=2sin(t/2)
Integrating both sides with respect to t we get

intf'(t)dt=int2sin(t/2)dt
=>f(t)=int2sin(t/2)dt

Integrating RHS we get
f(t)=2(-cos(t/2))/(1/2)+C
where C is a constant of integration
=>f(t)=-4cos(t/2)+C