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    Integrals of $\cos(x+\pi/4)\cos(x-\pi/4)$, $\sin(4x)\cos(3x)$, and $\cos x\cos 2x\sin 3x$

    P-CJ16Y

    Area
    Prelim
    Topics
    Integrals, Trigonometry
    Status
    draft

    Compute the following indefinite integrals:

    1. \(\displaystyle \int \cos\!\left(x+\frac\pi4\right)\cos\!\left(x-\frac\pi4\right)\,dx\).
    2. \(\displaystyle \int \sin(4x)\cos(3x)\,dx\).
    3. \(\displaystyle \int 4\cos x\cos(2x)\sin(3x)\,dx\).
    Solution

    1. Use product-to-sum.

    \[ \cos\!\left(x+\frac\pi4\right)\cos\!\left(x-\frac\pi4\right) =\frac12\left(\cos(2x)+\cos\frac\pi2\right) =\frac12\cos(2x). \] Hence \[ \boxed{\int \cos\!\left(x+\frac\pi4\right)\cos\!\left(x-\frac\pi4\right)\,dx =\frac14\sin(2x)+C.} \]

    2. Use product-to-sum again.

    \[ \sin(4x)\cos(3x)=\frac12\bigl(\sin(7x)+\sin x\bigr). \] Therefore \[ \boxed{\int \sin(4x)\cos(3x)\,dx =-\frac1{14}\cos(7x)-\frac12\cos x+C.} \]

    3. Reduce the triple product.

    Since \[ 2\cos x\cos(2x)=\cos(3x)+\cos x, \] we have \[ \begin{aligned} 4\cos x\cos(2x)\sin(3x) &=2\sin(3x)\bigl(\cos(3x)+\cos x\bigr)\\ &=\sin(6x)+\sin(4x)+\sin(2x). \end{aligned} \] Thus \[ \boxed{\int4\cos x\cos(2x)\sin(3x)\,dx =-\frac16\cos(6x)-\frac14\cos(4x)-\frac12\cos(2x)+C.} \]