Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 8 - Techniques of Integration - 8.2 Trigonometric Integrals - Exercises - Page 403: 21

Answer

$$-\frac{1}{6} \cot ^{6} x+c$$

Work Step by Step

Let $$ u= \cot x\ \ \ \Rightarrow \ \ \ du =-\csc^2 xdx$$ Then \begin{aligned} \int \cot ^{5} x \csc ^{2} x d x &=-\int u^{5} d u \\ &=-\frac{1}{6} u^{6}+c \\ &=-\frac{1}{6} \cot ^{6} x+c \end{aligned}
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