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"display": "$$\\int\\:-\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx$$",
"symbolab_question": "BIG_OPERATOR#\\int -\\cos^{3}(x)dx"
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"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
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"topic": "Integrals",
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"default": "-\\sin(x)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}(x)+C",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\int\\:-\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)+C$$",
"input": "\\int\\:-\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx",
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"primary": "Take the constant out: $$\\int{a\\cdot{f\\left(x\\right)}dx}=a\\cdot\\int{f\\left(x\\right)dx}$$",
"result": "=-\\int\\:\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite using trig identities",
"input": "\\int\\:\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx",
"result": "=-\\int\\:\\left(1-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)dx",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right):{\\quad}\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"input": "\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$a^{b+c}=a^b\\cdot\\:a^c$$",
"secondary": [
"$$\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)=\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$"
],
"result": "=\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)",
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)dx"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the following identity: $$\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)=1-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\left(1-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)dx"
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"title": "Apply u-substitution",
"input": "\\int\\:\\left(1-\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)dx",
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Integral Substitution definition",
"text": "$$\\int\\:f\\left(g\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\cdot\\:g'\\left(x\\right)dx=\\int\\:f\\left(u\\right)du,\\:\\quad\\:u=g\\left(x\\right)$$",
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"title": "$$\\frac{du}{dx}=\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)=\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\cos\\left(x\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$\\quad\\Rightarrow\\:du=\\cos\\left(x\\right)dx$$"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "$$\\quad\\Rightarrow\\:dx=\\frac{1}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}du$$"
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\frac{1}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}du"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\frac{1}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}:{\\quad}1-u^{2}$$",
"input": "\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\frac{1}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply fractions: $$a\\cdot\\frac{b}{c}=\\frac{a\\:\\cdot\\:b}{c}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1\\cdot\\:\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Cancel the common factor: $$\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=1\\cdot\\:\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Refine",
"result": "=1-u^{2}"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\int\\:1-u^{2}du"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=-\\int\\:1-u^{2}du"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the Sum Rule: $$\\int{f\\left(x\\right){\\pm}g\\left(x\\right)}dx=\\int{f\\left(x\\right)}dx{\\pm}\\int{g\\left(x\\right)}dx$$",
"result": "=-\\left(\\int\\:1du-\\int\\:u^{2}du\\right)"
},
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\int\\:1du=u$$",
"input": "\\int\\:1du",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Integral of a constant: $$\\int{a}dx=ax$$",
"result": "=1\\cdot\\:u"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=u",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\int\\:u^{2}du=\\frac{u^{3}}{3}$$",
"input": "\\int\\:u^{2}du",
"steps": [
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Apply the Power Rule",
"input": "\\int\\:u^{2}du",
"result": "=\\frac{u^{3}}{3}",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the Power Rule: $$\\int{x^{a}}dx=\\frac{x^{a+1}}{a+1},\\:\\quad\\:a\\neq{-1}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{u^{2+1}}{2+1}"
},
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\frac{u^{2+1}}{2+1}:{\\quad}\\frac{u^{3}}{3}$$",
"input": "\\frac{u^{2+1}}{2+1}",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Add the numbers: $$2+1=3$$",
"result": "=\\frac{u^{3}}{3}"
}
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\frac{u^{3}}{3}"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=-\\left(u-\\frac{u^{3}}{3}\\right)"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Substitute back $$u=\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=-\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)-\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{3}\\right)"
},
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$-\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)-\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{3}\\right):{\\quad}-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"input": "-\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)-\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{3}\\right)",
"result": "=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Distribute parentheses",
"result": "=-\\left(\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\right)-\\left(-\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{3}\\right)"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply minus-plus rules",
"secondary": [
"$$-\\left(-a\\right)=a,\\:\\:\\:-\\left(a\\right)=-a$$"
],
"result": "=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{3}"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)"
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"result": "=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)+\\frac{1}{3}\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)+C",
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Solution
Solution
Solution steps
Take the constant out:
Rewrite using trig identities
Apply u-substitution
Apply the Sum Rule:
Substitute back
Simplify
Add a constant to the solution
Graph
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