I did this problem exactly as the top rated answer here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090916074003AAQb5lg

But Wolfram Alpha gives an entirely different answer for this problem: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=integrate%3Asin^5%28x%29cos^6%28x%29dx

Why is this? just common denominators and what not or something more?

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I did this problem exactly as the top rated answer here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090916074003AAQb5lg

But Wolfram Alpha gives an entirely different answer for this problem: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=integrate%3Asin^5%28x%29cos^6%28x%29dx

Why is this? just common denominators and what not or something more?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah I like your answer way better than wolfram's.  I tried this problem I different way and didn't get the wolfram form of the answer either.  Sorry!

anonymous · Answer

What the top rated answer on yahoo said looked right from as far as i've learned in calc 2. I wish I knew how to solve this professionally, however I'm still in my learning stage of calc 2, but if i had to go with an answer, I'd go with the one from yahoo answers.