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Use integration by parts to find csc3xdx\int \csc ^{3} x d x. (Hint: Start with csc3xdx=cscxcsc2xdx\int \csc ^{3} x d x=\int \csc x \cdot \csc ^{2} x d x.)

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Rewrite csc3x\csc^3x using the hint:

csc3x  dx=cscxcsc2x  dx\int\csc^3x\;dx=\int\csc x\cdot\csc^2x\;dx

Use the integration by parts formula u  dv=uvv  du\displaystyle\int u\;dv=uv-\int v\;du with u=cscxu=\csc x and dv=csc2x  dxdv=\csc^2x\;dx. Then du=cscxcotx  dxdu=-\csc x\cot x\;dx and v=cotxv=-\cot x:

csc3x  dx=cscx(cotx)(cotx)(cscxcotx  dx)=cscxcotxcscxcot2x  dx\begin{align*} \int\csc^3x\;dx&=\csc x(-\cot x)-\int(-\cot x)(-\csc x\cot x\;dx)\\ &=-\csc x\cot x-\int\csc x\cot^2x\;dx \end{align*}

Use the trig identity 1+cot2x=csc2x1+\cot^2x=\csc^2x to replace cot2x\cot^2x with csc2x1\csc^2x-1. Then distribute:

csc3x  dx=cscxcotxcscx(csc2x1)  dx=cscxcotx(csc3xcscx)  dx=cscxcotxcsc3x  dx+cscx  dx\begin{align*} \int\csc^3x\;dx&=-\csc x\cot x-\int\csc x(\csc^2x-1)\;dx\\ &=-\csc x\cot x-\int(\csc^3x-\csc x)\;dx\\ &=-\csc x\cot x-\int\csc^3x\;dx+\int\csc x\;dx \end{align*}

Integrate cscx  dx\displaystyle\int\csc x\;dx using the rule cscx  dx=lncscx+cotx+C\displaystyle\int\csc x\;dx=-\ln|\csc x+\cot x|+C that you proved in Exercise 46 of the previous section:

csc2x  dx=cscxcotxcsc3x  dxlncscx+cotx+C\begin{align*} \int\csc^2x\;dx&=-\csc x\cot x-\int\csc^3x\;dx-\ln|\csc x+\cot x|+C \end{align*}

Add csc3x  dx\displaystyle\int\csc^3x\;dx on both sides and then divide both sides by 2:

2csc3x  dx=cscxcotxlncscx+cotx+Ccsc3x  dx=12cscxcotx12lncscx+cotx+C\begin{align*} 2\int\csc^3x\;dx&=-\csc x\cot x-\ln|\csc x+\cot x|+C\\ \int\csc^3x\;dx&=-\dfrac{1}{2}\csc x\cot x-\dfrac{1}{2}\ln|\csc x+\cot x|+C \end{align*}

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