Calculus 8th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 7 - Techniques of Integration - 7.6 Integration Using Tables and Computer Algebra Systems - 7.6 Exercises - Page 553: 27

Answer

$$ \int \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(x^{-2}\right)}{x^{3}} d x =-\frac{1}{2} x^{-2} \cos ^{-1}\left(x^{-2}\right)+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^{-4}}+C $$

Work Step by Step

$$ \int \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(x^{-2}\right)}{x^{3}} d x $$ If we make the substitution $$ u=x^{-2}, \quad d u=-2 x^{-3} d x $$ and we look at the Table of Integrals , we see that the closest entry is number $88:$ \begin{aligned} \int \frac{\cos ^{-1}\left(x^{-2}\right)}{x^{3}} d x &=-\frac{1}{2} \int \cos ^{-1} u d u \quad\left[\begin{array}{c} u=x^{-2}, \\ d u=-2 x^{-3} d x \end{array}\right] \\ & \stackrel{88}{=}-\frac{1}{2}\left(u \cos ^{-1} u-\sqrt{1-u^{2}}\right)+C \\ &=-\frac{1}{2} x^{-2} \cos ^{-1}\left(x^{-2}\right)+\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{1-x^{-4}}+C \end{aligned}
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