Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 7 - Review - Exercises - Page 538: 30

Answer

$-\sin^{-1}(e^{-x})+C$

Work Step by Step

$I=\displaystyle \int\frac{e^{-x}dx}{\sqrt{1-(e^{-x})^{2}}}=\quad\left[\begin{array}{l} u=e^{-x}\\ du=-e^{-x}dx \end{array}\right]$ $=\displaystyle \int\frac{-du}{\sqrt{1-u^{2}}}$ $=-\sin^{-1}u+C$ ... bring back x $=-\sin^{-1}(e^{-x})+C$
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