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"query": {
"display": "integral $$\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)$$",
"symbolab_question": "PRE_CALC#integral \\sin^{2}(x)"
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"solution": {
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"subject": "Calculus",
"topic": "Integrals",
"subTopic": "Indefinite Integrals",
"default": "\\frac{1}{2}(x-\\frac{1}{2}\\sin(2x))+C",
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"title": "$$\\int\\:\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)dx=\\frac{1}{2}\\left(x-\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(2x\\right)\\right)+C$$",
"input": "\\int\\:\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)dx",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite using trig identities",
"input": "\\int\\:\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)dx",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\frac{1-\\cos\\left(2x\\right)}{2}dx",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the following identity: $$\\sin^{2}\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{1-\\cos\\left(2x\\right)}{2}$$",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\frac{1-\\cos\\left(2x\\right)}{2}dx"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Take the constant out: $$\\int{a\\cdot{f\\left(x\\right)}dx}=a\\cdot\\int{f\\left(x\\right)dx}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\cdot\\:\\int\\:1-\\cos\\left(2x\\right)dx"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the Sum Rule: $$\\int{f\\left(x\\right){\\pm}g\\left(x\\right)}dx=\\int{f\\left(x\\right)}dx{\\pm}\\int{g\\left(x\\right)}dx$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\left(\\int\\:1dx-\\int\\:\\cos\\left(2x\\right)dx\\right)"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\int\\:1dx=x$$",
"input": "\\int\\:1dx",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Integral of a constant: $$\\int{a}dx=ax$$",
"result": "=1\\cdot\\:x"
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{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=x",
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\int\\:\\cos\\left(2x\\right)dx=\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(2x\\right)$$",
"input": "\\int\\:\\cos\\left(2x\\right)dx",
"steps": [
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"type": "interim",
"title": "Apply u-substitution",
"input": "\\int\\:\\cos\\left(2x\\right)dx",
"steps": [
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"type": "definition",
"title": "Integral Substitution definition",
"text": "$$\\int\\:f\\left(g\\left(x\\right)\\right)\\cdot\\:g'\\left(x\\right)dx=\\int\\:f\\left(u\\right)du,\\:\\quad\\:u=g\\left(x\\right)$$",
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"Substitute: $$u=2x$$"
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"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\frac{du}{dx}=2$$",
"input": "\\frac{d}{dx}\\left(2x\\right)",
"steps": [
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Take the constant out: $$\\left(a{\\cdot}f\\right)'=a{\\cdot}f'$$",
"result": "=2\\frac{dx}{dx}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Apply the common derivative: $$\\frac{dx}{dx}=1$$",
"result": "=2\\cdot\\:1"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=2",
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"primary": "$$\\quad\\Rightarrow\\:du=2dx$$"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "$$\\quad\\Rightarrow\\:dx=\\frac{1}{2}du$$"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\cos\\left(u\\right)\\frac{1}{2}du"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\int\\:\\cos\\left(u\\right)\\frac{1}{2}du"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Take the constant out: $$\\int{a\\cdot{f\\left(x\\right)}dx}=a\\cdot\\int{f\\left(x\\right)dx}$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\cdot\\:\\int\\:\\cos\\left(u\\right)du"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the common integral: $$\\int\\:\\cos\\left(u\\right)du=\\sin\\left(u\\right)$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(u\\right)"
},
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Substitute back $$u=2x$$",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(2x\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\left(x-\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(2x\\right)\\right)"
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"type": "step",
"primary": "Add a constant to the solution",
"result": "=\\frac{1}{2}\\left(x-\\frac{1}{2}\\sin\\left(2x\\right)\\right)+C",
"meta": {
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"extension": "If $$\\frac{dF\\left(x\\right)}{dx}=f\\left(x\\right)$$ then $$\\int{f\\left(x\\right)}dx=F\\left(x\\right)+C$$"
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Solution
integral
Solution
Solution steps
Rewrite using trig identities
Take the constant out:
Apply the Sum Rule:
Add a constant to the solution
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