Integrating arccos x
To evaluate\[\int^1_0 cos^{-1} xdx\]
consider the following graph.The area under the curve of
\[y=cosx\]
is adjacent to both \[x\]
and \[y\]
axes so \[\int^1_0 cos^{-1} y dy= \int^{\pi /2}_0 cosx dx= [sinx]^{\pi /2}_0 =1\]
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