Chapter 11.2, Problem 31E

Solution

To find: The definite integral.

The definite integral of ${\displaystyle \underset{2}{\overset{\pi +2}{\int }}\sin \left(x-2\right)dx}$ is $2$ .

Given data:

The area enclosed between the x-axis and one arch of the sine curve is $2$ .

The definite integral to compute is ${\displaystyle \underset{2}{\overset{\pi +2}{\int }}\sin \left(x-2\right)dx}$.

Formula used:

The definite integral of function $f$ over $\left[a,b\right]$ denoted ${\displaystyle \underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}f\left(x\right)}dx$ is given by ${\displaystyle \underset{a}{\overset{b}{\int }}f\left(x\right)}dx=\underset{n\to \infty }{\lim }{\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}f\left(x_i\right)}\Delta x$ provided the limit exists. If the limit exists, $f$ is integrable.

Calculation:

The definite integral is ${\displaystyle \underset{2}{\overset{\pi +2}{\int }}\sin \left(x-2\right)dx}$.

Plot the graph of $y=\sin \left(x-2\right)$ over the interval $\left[2,\pi +2\right]$ .

  

From the graph, it can be observed that there is only one arch of $y=\sin \left(x-2\right)$ over the interval $\left[2,\pi +2\right]$ .

  ${\displaystyle \underset{2}{\overset{\pi +2}{\int }}\sin \left(x-2\right)dx}=2$

Therefore, the definite integral of ${\displaystyle \underset{2}{\overset{\pi +2}{\int }}\sin \left(x-2\right)dx}$ is $2$ .