# Evaluate the integral. int 8 sin(4t) sin(t/2)dt

Carol Gates 2021-03-04 Answered
Evaluate the integral.
$\int 8\mathrm{sin}\left(4t\right)\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{t}{2}\right)dt$
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Step 1
Let the given integral is,
$\int 8\mathrm{sin}\left(4t\right)\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{t}{2}\right)dt$
By using the formula,
$\mathrm{sin}\left(a\right)\mathrm{sin}\left(b\right)=\frac{-\mathrm{cos}\left(a+b\right)+\mathrm{cos}\left(a-b\right)}{2}$
$\int 8\left(\frac{\mathrm{cos}\left(4t-\frac{t}{2}\right)-\mathrm{cos}\left(4t+\frac{t}{2}\right)}{2}\right)dt$
$⇒8\int \left(\frac{\mathrm{cos}\left(7\frac{t}{2}\right)-\mathrm{cos}\left(9\frac{t}{2}\right)}{2}\right)dt$
Step 2
By separating the integrals,
$⇒\frac{8}{2}\int \left(\mathrm{cos}\left(7\frac{t}{2}\right)\right)dt-\int \left(9\frac{t}{2}\right)\right)dt$
Simplifying this,
$⇒\int 8\mathrm{sin}\left(4t\right)\mathrm{sin}\left(\frac{t}{2}\right)dt=4\left[\frac{2}{7}\mathrm{sin}\left(7\frac{t}{2}\right)-\frac{2}{9}\mathrm{sin}\left(9\frac{t}{2}\right)\right]+C$