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Exercise 11.6 · Q16

Q.cos⁡xcos⁡(x−a)\dfrac{\cos x}{\cos(x-a)}

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Expanding cos⁡x\cos x around the shifted angle (x−a)(x-a) turns the quotient into a constant plus a tan⁡(x−a)\tan(x-a) term.

Step 1. Expand cos⁡x\cos x using the angle-difference identity backwards. cos⁡x=cos⁡[(x−a)+a]=cos⁡(x−a)cos⁡a−sin⁡(x−a)sin⁡a\cos x=\cos[(x-a)+a]=\cos(x-a)\cos a-\sin(x-a)\sin a.

Step 2. Divide by cos⁡(x−a)\cos(x-a). cos⁡xcos⁡(x−a)=cos⁡a−sin⁡a⋅sin⁡(x−a)cos⁡(x−a)=cos⁡a−sin⁡atan⁡(x−a)\dfrac{\cos x}{\cos(x-a)}=\cos a-\sin a\cdot\dfrac{\sin(x-a)}{\cos(x-a)}=\cos a-\sin a\tan(x-a).

Step 3. Integrate term by term. ∫cos⁡a dx=xcos⁡a\displaystyle\int\cos a\,dx=x\cos a (since aa is a constant), and ∫sin⁡atan⁡(x−a) dx=sin⁡a[−log⁡∣cos⁡(x−a)∣]\displaystyle\int\sin a\tan(x-a)\,dx=\sin a\left[-\log|\cos(x-a)|\right] using ∫tan⁡θ dθ=−log⁡∣cos⁡θ∣\displaystyle\int\tan\theta\,d\theta=-\log|\cos\theta|. …

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