Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.1 Integration by Parts - 7.1 Exercises - Page 516: 22

Answer

$$x(\sin^{-1}x)^2+2(\sin^{-1}x)\sqrt{1-x^2}-2x+c$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \int(\sin^{-1}x)^2dx$$ Let \begin{align*} u&=(\sin^{-1}x)^2\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ dv=dx\\ du&=2(\sin^{-1}x) \frac{dx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ v=x \end{align*} Then using integration by parts \begin{align*} \int(\sin^{-1}x)^2dx&=uv-\int vdu\\ &=x(\sin^{-1}x)^2- \int (\sin^{-1}x) \frac{2xdx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}} \end{align*} Let \begin{align*} u&=(\sin^{-1}x) \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ dv=\frac{2xdx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ du&= \frac{dx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ v=-2\sqrt{1-x^2} \end{align*} \begin{align*} \int (\sin^{-1}x) \frac{2xdx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}&=-2(\sin^{-1}x)\sqrt{1-x^2}+2\int dx\\ &= -2(\sin^{-1}x)\sqrt{1-x^2}+2x \end{align*} Hence \begin{align*} \int(\sin^{-1}x)^2dx &=x(\sin^{-1}x)^2- \int (\sin^{-1}x) \frac{2xdx}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\\ &=x(\sin^{-1}x)^2+2(\sin^{-1}x)\sqrt{1-x^2}-2x+c \end{align*}
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