Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 4 - Integration - 4.2 The Indefinite Integral - Exercises Set 4.2 - Page 280: 70

Answer

-cot(x) -x +C

Work Step by Step

We find: $cot^{2}x$=$\frac{cos^{2}x}{sin^{2}x}$=$\frac{1-sin^{2}x}{sin^{2}x}$=$csc^{2}x$-1 $\int$$cot^{2}x$ =$\int$($csc^{2}x$-1)dx =$\int$$csc^{2}x$dx-$\int$1dx $\int$$csc^{2}x$dx=-cot(x)+$C_{1}$ $\int$1dx=x+$C_{2}$ So the expression= -cot(x) -x +C
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