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Core 3 - integration by parts

Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

I then end up with;

Unparseable latex formula:

\frac{2sin2\pi}{32} - \frac{\picos2\pi}{32}\ + c\



This is worth five marks. So yeah, any help?
Original post by Yarpie
Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

I then end up with;

Unparseable latex formula:

\frac{2sin2\pi}{32} - \frac{\picos2\pi}{32}\ + c\



This is worth five marks. So yeah, any help?

You've integrated by parts correctly but made a mistake in subbing in your limits - In fact, I can't even decipher what you've done with subbing in your limits so you may need to post a bit more working on that part. Also, in definite integration (i.e. integration between limits), the arbitrary constant doesn't affect the result so you can omit the +c.
Reply 2
Original post by Farhan.Hanif93
You've integrated by parts correctly but made a mistake in subbing in your limits - In fact, I can't even decipher what you've done with subbing in your limits so you may need to post a bit more working on that part. Also, in definite integration (i.e. integration between limits), the arbitrary constant doesn't affect the result so you can omit the +c.


Could you please post your solution to the problem to see where I went wrong?

I know this, I just included the pi/4 bit and not the - 0 bit as that would be - 0 - c which would cancel out the c.
Original post by Yarpie
Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

I then end up with;

Unparseable latex formula:

\frac{2sin2\pi}{32} - \frac{\picos2\pi}{32}\ + c\



This is worth five marks. So yeah, any help?


Just be careful with substituting in. Remember you change x for pi/4 and nothing else. Just do it step by step and show us again :smile:
Reply 4
Original post by Yarpie
Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

I then end up with;

Unparseable latex formula:

\frac{2sin2\pi}{32} - \frac{\picos2\pi}{32}\ + c\



This is worth five marks. So yeah, any help?


what did you take for v and u...

Also there is no + C as it is a definate integral ( it has limits 0 to pi/4)
Reply 5
Original post by Yarpie
Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

I then end up with;

Unparseable latex formula:

\frac{2sin2\pi}{32} - \frac{\picos2\pi}{32}\ + c\



This is worth five marks. So yeah, any help?


How do you get the 32 ?
Reply 6
Original post by Yarpie
Right so I'm stuck on this problem and the answer is apparently 0.25 but I don't end up with anything near it so here we go.

0π4 xsin2x dx\int^\frac{\pi}{4}_0\ xsin2x\ dx

So I have integrated by parts and I obtain:

sin2x4xcos2x2 +c \frac{sin2x}{4} - \frac{xcos2x}{2}\ + c\

Okay... forget the C (because it's a definite integral) then sub in pi/4 and 0 for the limits here and you should end up with 1/4. I don't really understand what you did to get the next step!

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