Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Inverse Functions - 6.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.6 Exercises - Page 482: 61

Answer

$$ \int_{0}^{1 / 2} \frac{\sin ^{-1} x}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} d x =\frac{\pi^{2}}{72} $$

Work Step by Step

Let $u=\sin ^{-1} x $, so $d u=\frac{d x}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} $. When $x=0, u=0 ; $; when $x=\frac{1}{2}, u=\frac{\pi}{6} . $ Thus, the Substitution Rule gives $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{1 / 2} \frac{\sin ^{-1} x}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} d x &=\int_{0}^{\pi / 6} u d u \\ &=\left[\frac{u^{2}}{2}\right]_{0}^{\pi / 6} \\ &=\frac{\pi^{2}}{72} \end{aligned} $$
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