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how to integrate by parts

If you aren't lucky enough to be told in the question, the first thing we have to do is know when we should you integration by parts.

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How do I integrate terms with sin^2(x) and cos^2(x) in them? For example integrate (1+sin(x))^2 with respect to x

As you will be aware, it is not easy to directly integrate terms involving sin^2(x) and cos^2(x), so we use a substitution to turn them into something which we can integrate.

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Answered by Michael H. Maths tutor
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How do I add two fractions? (plus example)

Adding (and subtracting) fractions is more difficult than multiplying them because we need to make sure that the denominators (bottom numbers) are equal in both fractions.

To do this, we may n...

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Answered by Jenny B. Maths tutor
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How do I expand (x+a)(x+b)? (plus example)

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