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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.7.51

Evaluate the integrals in Exercises 41–60.
51. ∫(from ln2 to ln4)coth(x)dx

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Recall the definition of the hyperbolic cotangent function: \(\coth(x) = \frac{\cosh(x)}{\sinh(x)}\).
Recognize that the integral of \(\coth(x)\) can be expressed in terms of the natural logarithm of the hyperbolic sine function: \(\int \coth(x) \, dx = \ln|\sinh(x)| + C\).
Set up the definite integral using the antiderivative: \(\int_{\ln 2}^{\ln 4} \coth(x) \, dx = \left[ \ln|\sinh(x)| \right]_{\ln 2}^{\ln 4}\).
Evaluate the expression at the upper and lower limits: calculate \(\ln|\sinh(\ln 4)|\) and \(\ln|\sinh(\ln 2)|\) separately.
Subtract the lower limit evaluation from the upper limit evaluation to find the value of the definite integral: \(\ln|\sinh(\ln 4)| - \ln|\sinh(\ln 2)|\).

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