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"display": "$$\\int\\:\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\tan^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx$$",
"symbolab_question": "BIG_OPERATOR#\\int \\cos^{2}(x)\\tan^{3}(x)dx"
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"subTopic": "Indefinite Integrals",
"default": "-\\ln\\left|\\cos(x)\\right|+\\frac{\\cos^{2}(x)}{2}+C",
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"title": "$$\\int\\:\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\tan^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx=-\\ln\\left|\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\right|+\\frac{\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)}{2}+C$$",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite using trig identities",
"input": "\\int\\:\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\tan^{3}\\left(x\\right)dx",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\frac{\\left(1-\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}dx",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the basic trigonometric identity: $$\\tan\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}$$",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\left(\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{3}dx"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Simplify $$\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\left(\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{3}:{\\quad}\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}$$",
"input": "\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\left(\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{3}",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\left(\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{3}=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)}$$",
"input": "\\left(\\frac{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}\\right)^{3}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$\\left(\\frac{a}{b}\\right)^{c}=\\frac{a^{c}}{b^{c}}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)}",
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"result": "=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)}\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)"
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"primary": "Multiply fractions: $$a\\cdot\\frac{b}{c}=\\frac{a\\:\\cdot\\:b}{c}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply exponent rule: $$\\frac{x^{a}}{x^{b}}=\\frac{1}{x^{b-a}}$$",
"secondary": [
"$$\\frac{\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3}\\left(x\\right)}=\\frac{1}{\\cos^{3-2}\\left(x\\right)}$$"
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"result": "=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos^{3-2}\\left(x\\right)}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Subtract the numbers: $$3-2=1$$",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}"
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"$$\\sin^{3}\\left(x\\right)=\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$"
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"result": "=\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)",
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"primary": "Use the following identity: $$\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)=1-\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\frac{\\left(1-\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{\\cos\\left(x\\right)}dx"
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"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\right)=-\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$",
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"primary": "$$\\quad\\Rightarrow\\:dx=\\left(-\\frac{1}{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\right)du$$"
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"result": "=\\int\\:\\frac{\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{u}\\left(-\\frac{1}{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}\\right)du"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(-a\\right)=-a$$",
"result": "=-\\frac{\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)}{u}\\cdot\\:\\frac{1}{\\sin\\left(x\\right)}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Multiply fractions: $$\\frac{a}{b}\\cdot\\frac{c}{d}=\\frac{a\\:\\cdot\\:c}{b\\:\\cdot\\:d}$$",
"result": "=-\\frac{\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\cdot\\:1}{u\\sin\\left(x\\right)}"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Cancel the common factor: $$\\sin\\left(x\\right)$$",
"result": "=-\\frac{\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cdot\\:1}{u}"
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"title": "$$\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cdot\\:1=1-u^{2}$$",
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"steps": [
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"primary": "Multiply: $$\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)\\cdot\\:1=\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\left(1-u^{2}\\right)"
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"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(a\\right)=a$$",
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"result": "=-\\frac{-u^{2}+1}{u}"
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"secondary": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Remove parentheses: $$\\left(a\\right)=a,\\:-\\left(-a\\right)=a$$",
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"result": "=\\int\\:-\\frac{1}{u}+udu"
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"result": "=-\\int\\:\\frac{1}{u}du+\\int\\:udu"
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"title": "$$\\int\\:\\frac{1}{u}du=\\ln\\left|u\\right|$$",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the common integral: $$\\int\\:\\frac{1}{u}du=\\ln\\left(\\left|u\\right|\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\ln\\left|u\\right|"
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"result": "=\\frac{u^{2}}{2}",
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the Power Rule: $$\\int{x^{a}}dx=\\frac{x^{a+1}}{a+1},\\:\\quad\\:a\\neq{-1}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{u^{1+1}}{1+1}"
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"primary": "Substitute back $$u=\\cos\\left(x\\right)$$",
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"result": "=-\\ln\\left|\\cos\\left(x\\right)\\right|+\\frac{\\cos^{2}\\left(x\\right)}{2}+C",
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Solution
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite using trig identities
Apply u-substitution
Expand
Apply the Sum Rule:
Substitute back
Add a constant to the solution
Graph
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