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= Solution

The double-angle <trigonometric identity> $\sin2x=2\sin x\cos x$ makes the integrand $2\sin x\cos^2x$. The <integration by substitution> $u=\cos x$, $du=-\sin x\,dx$, gives
$$
\int\sin2x\cos x\,dx=-2\int u^2\,du=\boxed{-\frac23\cos^3x+C}.
$$

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