How do you find the integral of #f(x)=5xcos(2x)# using integration by parts?

1 Answer
Apr 26, 2018

#int 5 x cos(2x)\ dx = \frac{5}{4} [ 2 x sin(2x) + cos(2x) ] + C#

Explanation:

We start with taking the constant factor 5 out of the integral, which leaves us with

#5 int x cos(2x)\ dx#.

If we look at the integrand now, then we have a factor #x#, whose derivative is #1#, and a factor #cos(2x)#, which is super-easy to integrate with an anti-derivative of #sin(2x) / 2#. Therefore, this calls for integration by parts, which is described by the general rule

#int u' v = u v - int u v'#.

In our particular case, we choose #u = cos(2x)# and #v = x#, and thus get

#5 int x cos(2x)\ dx = \frac{5}{2} [ x sin(2x) - int sin(2x)\ dx ]#.

The last remaining integral is again an easy one,

#int sin(2x)\ dx = - cos(2x)/2#,

and so we arrive at the final result

#\frac{5}{2} [ x sin(2x) - int sin(2x)\ dx ] =#

#= \frac{5}{2} [ x sin(2x) + cos(2x)/2 ] + C =#

#= \frac{5}{4} [ 2 x sin(2x) + cos(2x) ] + C#.