Am I integrating this definite integral correctly?

warwick

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Definite integral of e^(cos x) sin x dx from 0 to pi. u = cos x

e^(u) ] -1 to 1
 
Your integral:

\(\displaystyle \L \int _{0}^\pi e^{cosx}sinx dx\)


\(\displaystyle u = cosx \\ du = -sinxdx \,\, \,\, \Rightarrow \,\,\,\, -du =sinxdx\)

So,

\(\displaystyle \L\int _{0}^\pi e^{cosx}sinx dx \,\, \,\, = \,\, \,\, \int _{1}^{-1} e^{u}(-du)\)

Which is the same as:

\(\displaystyle \L -\int _{1}^{-1} e^{u}(du) \,\, \,\, = \,\, \,\, \int _{-1}^{1} e^{u}(du)\)

Hope that helps,
-daon
 
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