Integrating cosh^3(x)
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Integrating cosh^3(x)Hi. The question is to integrate cosh^3(x) and I managed to get the following answer: sinhx + 1/3sinh^3(x) + C however the answer in the book and the answer that Wolfram Alpha is getting is 1/12(9sinh(x) + sinh(3x)).
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Re: Integrating cosh^3(x)Your answer is right.
= 1/2(e^x-e^-x)+ 1/24(-e^-3x + 3e^-x -3e^x + e^3x)
= 1/2(e^x)-1/2(e^-x) +1/8(e^-x) -1/8(e^x) -1/24(e^-3x) + 1/24(e^3x)
=3/8(e^x-e^-x)+1/24(e^3x-e^-3x)
= 3/4(1/2(e^x-e^-x)+ 1/12(1/2(e^3x-e^-3x)
= 3/4sinhx + 1/12sinh3x
= 1/12(9sinhx+ sinh3x) -
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Re: Integrating cosh^3(x)(Original post by Shaare)
Hi. The question is to integrate cosh^3(x) and I managed to get the following answer: sinhx + 1/3sinh^3(x) + C however the answer in the book and the answer that Wolfram Alpha is getting is 1/12(9sinh(x) + sinh(3x)).
I just can't think of any identity to turn my answer into the one in the book.
Thank you!
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