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jkwii

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evaluate integral from 0 to pi/2) of cos4x-cos10x)/sinx dx
 

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cos4x/sin is fairly easy to integrate. It's the cos10x bit that's annoying. Sum to products don't help here.

Maybe break it down into 5x and then again into 4x+x, and go from there?
 

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Slidey said:
Sum to products don't help here.
i was told on the full Q to use sum to products! really hard that way.
 

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