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Antiderivative Of Cosx

Antiderivative Of Cosx

Antiderivative of function f is the function F whose derivative is function f. We can understand it by an equation as F'=f. This process is also known as antidifferentiation. This term is related to the definite integrals by using the functions of calculus. So Antiderivative of cos (x) is basically in form of sin (x) because derivative of sin (x) is cos (x) and as we know the antiderivative is the reverse process of differentiation.
Antiderivatives are the opposite of derivatives. It basically means that you take the function that you are given and say that IT is the derivative, and figure out what function it is the derivative of. The function x3 is the antiderivative of 3x2, because if the derivative of x3 is 3x2. The antiderivative of cos x is sin x. The antiderivative of sin x is cos x, because the derivative of cos x is sin x. You can see the logic here. KnowMoreAboutLaplaceSeries

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There are set formulas that will help you find the antiderivative of your function. Many of these are listed under integrals in my reference tables. Integrals, by the way, are basically antiderivatives, set into a formula designed to tell you to take the antiderivative. So when I say take the integral I mean antiderivative, except for a whole function. And you will always have to add a " + C " afterward, because every integral has an unknown constant added to the equation. I will explain this shortly. The antiderivative of xn is xn+1/(n+1). (Ex: antiderivative of x5 is x6/6) This will work for every value of n except for 1, because there n+1 will equal 0. The antiderivative of x-1 is ln x. I'm sure you recall that the derivative of ln x is 1/x, or x-1. If you accepted that, you can accept this. Though, to be honest with you, I have no idea why this is. It's frustrating. The form for an integral is f(x) dx. When you solve the integral you remove the and the dx, and you are left with a function F(x), which is the antiderivative. Notice that I used capital F; I'm not sure if this is standard, but I've definitely seen it. I don't think I'll necessarily use this notation, but you should be aware of it. There are cases where you are given the velocity of a ball, and you are asked to find the displacement, or even given the acceleration. In these questions you will have to work backward through integrals to solve. The key to these problems is knowing the the derivative of displacement (overall distance traveled) is velocity, and the derivative of velocity is acceleration.

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This should be obvious, as you know that a derivative of an equation is its slope, or how quickly it is changing. Velocity is how quickly the displacement is changing, and acceleration is how quickly the velocity is changing! Here is a problem: The equation for the velocity of an object is f(x) = x2 2. After 3 seconds, the object is 5 feet away. How far is the object after 4 seconds? In order to solve this you must take the integral. x2 2 dx = x3/3 2x + C Now I have an equation for displacement, but its not complete, so we cant just plug 4 into it. I dont yet know what the C represents. For this we must use the information given in the problem. If the object is 5 feet away after 3 seconds, we can set the equation equal to 5, and plug 3 into x, and see what the constant is. (Remember: in these equations, x always represents time, and the y-axis is all the other things)

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