Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 5 - Accumulating Change: Limits of Sums and the Definite Integral - 5.9 Activities - Page 409: 6

Answer

$\dfrac {2}{3}\sqrt {\left( 1+e^x\right) ^{3}}+C$

Work Step by Step

$u=1+e^{x}\Rightarrow du=e^{x}dx$ $\Rightarrow \int e^x\sqrt {1+e^x}dx=\int \sqrt {1+e^x}e^{x}dx=\int \sqrt {u}du=\int u^{\frac {1}{2}}du=\dfrac {2}{3}u^{\frac {3}{2}}+C=\dfrac {2}{3}\sqrt {\left( 1+e^x\right) ^{3}}+C$
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