Other Trigonometric Powers: Example 1

Evaluate

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Solution. First let us find the antiderivative

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The reduction formula for the secant function gives

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If we use the same formula again for n=3, we get

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Since tex2html_wrap_inline52 , we get once everything is combined

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Finally the answer to our definite integral is

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