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<math>\int_{0}^{2Pi}\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos{x}}{2}}dx</math>
 
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Obviously, <math>\frac{1-\cos{x}}{2} = \sin^2{\frac{x}{2}}</math>

Revision as of 11:16, 19 October 2008

This one looks pretty easy, but I keep getting the wrong answer. Here's the problem.

$ \int_{0}^{2Pi}\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos{x}}{2}}dx $

Obviously, $ \frac{1-\cos{x}}{2} = \sin^2{\frac{x}{2}} $

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