#Calculus- integration by parts

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bitter yew
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We got a formula for integration by parts. 1g is the question. I was looking at the answer and v' should be the differenciation of v right? lets say its swapped here and lets take v' as v and vice versa just for this context. How is differenciation of cos2x be (sin2x)/2? isnt it supposed to be -2sin2x?

zinc hullBOT
bitter yew
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help

graceful hollow
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From what I can tell, you are differentiating where you should be integrating

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1/2 sin(2x) is the integral of cos(2x)

bitter yew
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okay so i need to integrate v to get v' here right?
but in another example for v to v', they differenciated it here

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how do i know if i should integrate or differenciate

graceful hollow
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No they integrated

bitter yew
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integration of sin is -cos how did they get cos

graceful hollow
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So, when you are using integration by parts, you aren’t choosing u and v, you are choosing u and dv

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In this case, they chose u=x and dv=cos(x)

bitter yew
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wait whats dv

graceful hollow
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Same thing as v’

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It’s the derivative of v

bitter yew
bitter yew
graceful hollow
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Yes

bitter yew
graceful hollow
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When you use this method, you set one of your functions equal to u and the other equal to the derivative of some function v; then you have to integrate your derivative to find what v is

graceful hollow
bitter yew
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ohh wait my bad

graceful hollow
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If you take the derivative of v then the 2 gets multiplied out to cancel the 1/2 and the sin(2x) becomes cos(2), leaving you with only cos(2x)

bitter yew
graceful hollow
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Yeah

bitter yew
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why did they take v = 1/2sin2x

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instead of just cos2x

graceful hollow
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Because they set cos(2x) equal to dv

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When you use this method, you aren’t choosing u and v

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You choose u and dv and you have to integrate dv to figure out what v is

bitter yew
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oh okay

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yeah i got it.

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thanks for helping.

graceful hollow
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👍

bitter yew
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but can i keep this channel open, because i might have some more questions