Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.5 Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 548: 60

Answer

$$ \frac{\sqrt{4x^2-1}}{x}+c$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\int \frac{d x}{x^2 \sqrt{4 x^2-1}}$$ AApply Integral Substitution \begin{aligned} 2x&= \sec u \\ 2dx&=\sec u\tan udu \end{aligned} Then \begin{aligned} \int \frac{d x}{x^2 \sqrt{4 x^2-1}}&=\frac{4}{2}\int \frac{\sec u\tan udu}{\sec^2u \sqrt{\sec^2u-1}}\\ &= 2\int \frac{du}{\sec u}\\ &= 2\int \cos udu\\ &= 2\sin (u)+c\\ &= \frac{2\sqrt{4x^2-1}}{2x}+c \end{aligned}
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