Evaluate the integral (trig substitution)

goosefraba

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I need help with the following problem please:

integral of: x^3 (sqrt(49-x^2)) dx

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
I suppose by your title that you have to use trig sub.

In that event, let \(\displaystyle x=7sin{\theta}, \;\ dx=7cos{\theta}d{\theta}\)

Make the subs and simplify it down.

\(\displaystyle \int(7sin{\theta})^{3}\sqrt{49-(7sin{\theta})^{2}}\cdot 7cos{\theta}d{\theta}\)

\(\displaystyle \int 343sin^{3}{\theta}\sqrt{49(1-sin^{2}{\theta})}\cdot 7 cos{\theta}d{\theta}\)

\(\displaystyle 16807\int sin^{3}{\theta}cos^{2}{\theta}d{\theta}\)

Split off a factor of sin and apply the identity \(\displaystyle sin^{2}{\theta}=1-cos^{2}{\theta}\)
 
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