What is the integral of sin(x)cos(x) from 0 to 2?

1 Answer
Jan 31, 2016

20sin(x)cos(x)dx=sin2(4)4.

Explanation:

Note that sin(x)cos(x)=12sin(2x).

Using that, we evaluate the above integral as:

20sin(x)cos(x)dx=2012sin(2x)dx

=[sin2(2x)4]20

=sin2(4)4sin2(0)4

=sin2(4)4.