Find an anti-derivative (or integral) of the following functions by the method of inspection.
sin $2x$
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Ans: We use the method of inspection as follows:
$\frac{d}{dx}\left( \cos 2x \right)=-2\sin 2x\Rightarrow -\frac{1}{2}\frac{d}{dx}\left( \cos 2x \right) $
$\therefore \sin 2x=\frac{d}{dx}\left( -\frac{1}{2}\cos 2x \right) $
Thus, the anti-derivative of sin $2x$ is $-\frac{1}{2}\cos 2x$.