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Find, correct to one decimal place, the value of

$$\int_{0}^{60} 2\sin(x/2) \, dx.$$

Can someone please show me how this question is done. It would be very helpful thanks!

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To re-confirm, the ranges are in radian, right? – lab bhattacharjee Aug 6 '13 at 13:40
What do you know about integration? – Daniel Littlewood Aug 6 '13 at 13:42
Yes the original bound were in radians. But i converted it – Red Queen10101 Aug 6 '13 at 23:58
Sorry for the late reply, totally forgot about this. – Red Queen10101 Aug 7 '13 at 0:02
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To solve this integral one must use a substitution. If we set $u=x/2$, then $du=(1/2)dx$, which gives $2\,du=dx$. Thus, the integral then becomes, $$2\int_0^{30} 2\sin(u)\,du.$$ To get the limits on the integral, we used our substitution again, that is, at $x=0$, $u=0/2=0$ and at $x=60$, $u=60/2=30$. With all the pieces determined, the integral evaluates to,


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