University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - Indefinite Integrals and the Substitution Method - Exercises - Page 329: 21

Answer

$$\int\frac{1}{\sqrt x(1+\sqrt x)^2}dx=-\frac{2}{1+\sqrt x}+C$$

Work Step by Step

$$A=\int\frac{1}{\sqrt x(1+\sqrt x)^2}dx$$ We set $u=1+\sqrt x$. Then $$du=(0+\frac{1}{2\sqrt x})dx=\frac{dx}{2\sqrt x}$$ That means, $$\frac{dx}{\sqrt x}=2du$$ Therefore, $$A=2\int\frac{1}{u^2}du=-2\int-\frac{1}{u^2}du$$ $$A=-2\times\frac{1}{u}+C=-\frac{2}{u}+C$$ $$A=-\frac{2}{1+\sqrt x}+C$$
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