#Trigonometric substitution problem

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forest pier
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So after following the tutorial I almost got the same exact answer. However, for c and d, the negative sign is gone. Why is this?

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inner cedar
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The antiderivative of -csc(x)cot(x) is csc(x)

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So the negative sign disappears with that

forest pier
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Idk I’m just confused

inner cedar
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You seem to have done it as 1/cos x

forest pier
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Why wouldn’t it be 1 / cos x