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Considering the periodicity of sine and cosine, we can solve this problem easily.
Below is a graph of sin ( cos ( x ) ) (in red), marked by the limits of the given integral ∫ 4 3 π π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x with the red line being x = 4 3 π and the black line being x = π .
The problem states that the area in between x = 4 3 π and x = π is 0.613, indicated by the blue shaded region above. As sine and cosine are both periodic with period 2 π , the periodic function sin ( cos ( x ) ) must also be periodic with a period of 2 π . With the knowledge that sin ( cos ( x ) ) is periodic with the period 2 π , we can establish the identity that,
sin ( cos ( x ± 2 π ) ) = sin ( cos ( x ) )
Next, as sin ( cos ( x ) ) is an odd function, we can say that
sin ( cos ( − x ± 2 π ) ) = − sin ( cos ( x ) )
With the aforementioned identity, we can conclude that for any point x within the set of [ 4 3 π , π ], the value given by the sin(cos) of the corrospoding point x ± 2 π will be equal to that of the originial point, by identity one. Meaning,
∫ 4 3 π π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = ∫ 0 4 π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = ∫ 4 3 π π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = 0 . 6 1 3
extended to other points,
∫ − 2 π 2 − 3 π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = ∫ 2 − π 0 sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = 2 1 ∫ 2 − 3 π 2 − π sin ( cos ( x ) ) d x = A
Graphically, So,
I = A − 2 ∗ ( 2 1 A ) + 2 ( 0 . 6 1 3 ) = 1 . 2 6 6 as illustrated by the graph above.