Integrate Cos Over Sin Cubed
1. **State the problem:** We need to find the integral $$\int \frac{\cos 2x}{\sin^3 2x} \, dx$$.
2. **Rewrite the integral:** Notice that the integral can be written as $$\int \cos 2x \cdot \sin^{-3} 2x \, dx$$.
3. **Use substitution:** Let $$u = \sin 2x$$. Then, $$\frac{du}{dx} = 2 \cos 2x$$, so $$du = 2 \cos 2x \, dx$$, which implies $$\cos 2x \, dx = \frac{du}{2}$$.
4. **Substitute into the integral:**
$$\int \cos 2x \cdot \sin^{-3} 2x \, dx = \int u^{-3} \cdot \frac{du}{2} = \frac{1}{2} \int u^{-3} \, du$$.
5. **Integrate:**
Recall that $$\int u^n \, du = \frac{u^{n+1}}{n+1} + C$$ for $$n \neq -1$$.
Here, $$n = -3$$, so
$$\frac{1}{2} \int u^{-3} \, du = \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{u^{-2}}{-2} + C = -\frac{1}{4} u^{-2} + C$$.
6. **Back-substitute:**
Replace $$u$$ with $$\sin 2x$$:
$$-\frac{1}{4} \sin^{-2} 2x + C = -\frac{1}{4 \sin^2 2x} + C$$.
**Final answer:**
$$\int \frac{\cos 2x}{\sin^3 2x} \, dx = -\frac{1}{4 \sin^2 2x} + C$$.