Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.1 Exercises - Page 513: 56

Answer

$y = \frac{2}{3}arcsec(\frac{|2x|}{3})+c$

Work Step by Step

$y' = \frac{1}{x\sqrt{4x^2-9}}$ We can use the basic integration rule $\int\frac{du}{u\sqrt{u^2-a^2}}=\frac{1}{a}arcsec(\frac{|u|}{a})+c$, with $u = 2x$ and $a = 3$. First, integrating both sides with respect to x, we get $y = \int\frac{1}{x\sqrt{4x^2-9}}$ Factoring out a 2 from the integral, we get $y = 2\int \frac{1}{2x\sqrt{4x^2-9}}$ Now, our integral is in the correct form to apply the rule and we get $y = 2(\frac{1}{3}arcsec(\frac{|2x|}{3}))$. Finally, simplify to $y = \frac{2}{3}arcsec(\frac{|2x|}{3})+c$
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