Integration of dx/(3sinx+ 4cosx)?

1 Answer
Sep 1, 2017

dx3sinx+4cosx=15ln|csc(x+α)+cot(x+α)|+c, where α=tan1(43)

Explanation:

3sinx+4cosx

= 5(sinx×35+cosx×45)

= 5sin(x+α), where tanα=43 or α=tan1(43)

Hence, dx3sinx+4cosx

= 15csc(x+α)dx

Now let x+α=u then dx=du and

15csc(x+α)dx=15cscudu

= 15cscu(cscu+cotu)cscu+cotudu

= 15csc2ucscucotucscu+cotudu

if cscu+cotu=v, then dv=(csc2ucscucotu)du

and our integral becomes

15dvv=15ln|v|+c

= 15ln|csc(x+α)+cot(x+α)|+c, where α=tan1(43)