Not my calculus problem #2

Calculus Level 3

0 π x 3 cos 2 x d x = a π b + π c d \int_0^\pi x^3 \cos^2 x \ dx = \frac {a\pi^b + \pi^c}d

Real values a a , b b , c c , and d d satisfy the equation above. Find a + b + c + d a+b+c+d .


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The answer is 17.

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 24, 2020

The integral can be solved using integration by parts as follows:

I = 0 π x 3 cos x d x = 0 π x 3 ( 1 + cos 2 x ) 2 d x = 0 π x 3 2 d x + 0 π x 3 cos 2 x 2 d x = x 4 8 0 π + x 3 sin 2 x 4 0 π 3 4 0 π x 2 sin 2 x d x = π 4 8 + 0 + 3 x 2 cos 2 x 8 0 π 3 4 0 π x cos 2 x d x = π 4 8 + 3 π 2 8 3 x sin 2 x 8 0 π + 3 8 0 π sin 2 x d x = π 4 8 + 3 π 2 8 0 3 cos 2 x 16 0 π = π 4 8 + 3 π 2 8 0 0 = 3 π 2 + π 4 8 \begin{aligned} I & = \int_0^\pi x^3 \cos x \ dx \\ & = \int_0^\pi \frac {x^3(1 + \cos 2x )}2 \ dx \\ & = \int_0^\pi \frac {x^3}2 \ dx + \int_0^\pi \frac {x^3 \cos 2x}2 \ dx \\ & = \frac {x^4}8 \ \bigg|_0^\pi + \frac {x^3 \sin 2x}4 \ \bigg|_0^\pi - \frac 34 \int_0^\pi x^2 \sin 2x \ dx \\ & = \frac {\pi^4}8 + 0 + \frac {3x^2 \cos 2x}8 \ \bigg|_0^\pi - \frac 34 \int_0^\pi x \cos 2x \ dx \\ & = \frac {\pi^4}8 + \frac {3\pi^2}8 - \frac {3x \sin 2x}8 \ \bigg|_0^\pi + \frac 38 \int_0^\pi \sin 2x \ dx \\ & = \frac {\pi^4}8 + \frac {3\pi^2}8 - 0 - \frac {3\cos 2x}{16} \ \bigg|_0^\pi \\ & = \frac {\pi^4}8 + \frac {3\pi^2}8 - 0 - 0 \\ & = \frac {3\pi^2 + \pi^4}8 \end{aligned}

Therefore a + b + c + d = 3 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 17 a+b+c+d = 3+2+4+8 = \boxed {17} .

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