Can I use change of variables to turn $\int_{3\pi/2}^{2\pi}\cos x\, dx$ into $\int_{0}^{\pi/2}\cos x\, dx$? Letting $x \mapsto x - 3\pi/2$ doesn't seem to work.
Change of variables for a trig integral
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0why do you even need to change variable in the first place. It is a simple integral – 2012-03-18
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Try $u=2\pi-x$. The differential will change sign, but you’ll also have to turn the integral upside down.
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Simply you can't do any changes of variable to change the intervales, the primitive of $\cos x$ is $\sin x$ so why do you need this change of variable ! so
$\int_{3\pi/2}^{2\pi}\cos x\, dx= [\sin x]_{3\pi/2}^{2\pi}=\sin 2\pi -\sin 3\pi/2 =0-(-1)=1$