Let Compute the value of to 3 significant figures.
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Firstly notice that the integrand is of the form g ( x ) g ′ ( x ) d x with g ( x ) = sin x + cos x .
Therefore ∫ g ( x ) g ′ ( x ) d x = ∫ g 1 d g = lo g ∣ g ( x ) ∣ = lo g ∣ sin x + cos x ∣
So we have f ( t ) = lo g ∣ sin t + cos t ∣ − lo g ∣ sin ( − t ) + cos ( − t ) ∣ = lo g ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ cos t − sin t sin t + cos t ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
Then using some trigonometric identities the functionand of the logarithm turns into
cos t − sin t sin t + cos t = 1 − tan t 1 + tan t
Then notice that it is the logarithmic form of a r t a n h which finally transforms the result into f ( t ) = 2 a r t a n h ( tan t ) Finally use a calculator and round to 3 s.f. to get 1 . 2 3