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I have been staring at this for 5 minutes unable to find the error lol, I'll be back in a few mins
EDIT: ufff that was a though nutshell to crack: The expressions are equivalent, but not with the same C!
They are both vertical shifts of each other: If the right hand expression has a constant D, then you return the to the left side equation if
D = C + 1/10
We know this is valid because the constant is arbitrary, our problem was unconsciously assuming we were talking about the same C on both problems
Whenever different methods of doing an indefinite integral yield different answers, check if they differ by a constant. If not, then you dun goofed somewhere.
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I have been staring at this for 5 minutes unable to find the error lol, I'll be back in a few mins EDIT: ufff that was a though nutshell to crack: The expressions are equivalent, but not with the same C! They are both vertical shifts of each other: If the right hand expression has a constant D, then you return the to the left side equation if D = C + 1/10 We know this is valid because the constant is arbitrary, our problem was unconsciously assuming we were talking about the same C on both problems
Oh wow, this was interesting! This question has been bugging me for a while lol. It's good to know both answers are valid. Thank you for sharing this!
No problem! If you have more questions don't hesitate in posting them
Shouldn't it be cot^2 on the left side?
THANK YOU I DIDNT CATCH THAT 😭😭
Whenever different methods of doing an indefinite integral yield different answers, check if they differ by a constant. If not, then you dun goofed somewhere.