area under the curve [(x^2)(sin2x)] on an interval [-1,1]
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Before going into the calculus, consider the curve itself. Note that if f(x)=x^2sin2x, f(x)=-f(-x), because x^2 is always positive while sin2x=-sin(-2x). Thus, where f(x) for positive x is above the x axis, the point for the corresponding negative value of x is below the x axis by the same amount. And where positive x is below the x axis, the corresponding negative value is above the x axis by the same amount. When we integrate between limits -n and n to find the area under the graph we will always get zero. So we can expect the result between -1 and 1 to be zero.

On with the calculus.

Let u=x^2 then du/dx=2x; let dv=sin2xdx, so dv/dx=sin2x, then v=-cos2x/2.

d(uv)/dx=vdu/dx+udv/dx, so udv/dx=d(uv)/dx-vdu/dx; thus x^2sin2xdx=d(-x^2cos2x/2)/dx-int(-cos2x/2.2xdx).

Integrating:  int(x^2sin2xdx)=-x^2cos2x/2+int(xcos2xdx).

Now, let u=x, dv=cos2xdx; du/dx=1; v=sin2x/2.

Applying the same formula and integrating:

int(xcos2xdx)=xsin2x/2-int(sin2xdx)/2=xsin2x/2+cos2x/4.

Substitute for int(xcos2xdx):

int(x^2sin2xdx)=-x^2cos2x/2+xsin2x/2+cos2x/4.

Consider the limits -1 and 1. Rather than angles in degrees, it would seem more appropriate to consider angles in radians. Apply the limits: cos2=-0.416147, sin2=0.909297. (The expression becomes cos2/2+sin2/2+cos2/4-cos(-2)/2+sin(-2)/2-cos(-2)/4. Cosz=cos(-z) and sinz=-sin(z). The terms therefore cancel out.) The definite integral is 0.5587-0.5587=0, as expected.

 

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