Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
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Chapter 5: Integrals - Practice Exercises - Page 307: 24

Answer

$\pi $

Work Step by Step

Consider $f(x)=\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} (1-\sin x) dx$ Use formula such as: $\int x^{n} dx=\dfrac{x^{n+1}}{n+1}+C$ This implies that $\int_{-\pi/2}^{0} (1-\sin x) dx+\int_{0}^{\pi/2} (1-\sin x) dx=[x-\cos x]_{-\pi/2}^{0}+[x-\cos x]_{0}^{\pi/2}$ Hence $f(x)=(0+\dfrac{\pi}{2})-(\cos 0+\cos (\dfrac{\pi}{2})]+(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-0)-(cos (\dfrac{\pi}{2})-\cos 0)]=\pi$
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