What is the antiderivative of -sinx dxsinxdx?

1 Answer
Feb 26, 2015

Let I = int -sinx.dxsinx.dx
I = -int sinx.dxsinx.dx
I = - (-cos x)(cosx)

(Since d/dx (cosx)= -sinxddx(cosx)=sinx,
-d/dx (cosx) = sinxddx(cosx)=sinx)

Thus, I = cos x

Note that if you remember d/dx (cosx)= -sinxddx(cosx)=sinx, you can directly get the answer since the antiderivative (integral) of a derivative is nothing but the function which was differentiated.