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Offline Priya

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Pure Maths help (Trig Integrals)
« on: May 27, 2009, 06:44:42 pm »
Could you tell me what is the integral of sec x... Is it sec x+tan x +c or sec x*tan x
Is using secxtanx in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CHHY-2Ctug&feature=related @ 2.25 appropriate?

Pls reply...
Thanks for helping me out!
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Re: Pure Maths help (Trig Integrals)
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 07:18:43 pm »
It is ln(secx+tanx)
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Re: Pure Maths help (Trig Integrals)
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 07:36:01 pm »
Thank you!

And I was confusing integration with differentiation in that video. Understood it now... Thanks again!!
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Re: Pure Maths help (Trig Integrals)
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 07:38:34 pm »
Multiply tanx by (tanx+secx)/(secx+tanx) and expand the brackets. Top is derivative of bottom so substittu u=(tanx+secx) to get du/u then integrate
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