Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.1 - Integration by Parts - 7.1 Exercises - Page 491: 29

Answer

$\frac{3}{{\ln 3}} - \frac{2}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int_0^1 {x \cdot {3^x}} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate }}\int {x \cdot {3^x}} dx{\text{ by parts}} \cr & {\text{Let }}u = x,{\text{ }}du = dx \cr & dv = {3^x}dx,{\text{ }}v = \frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}} \cr & {\text{Using the integration by parts formula}} \cr & \int {udv} = uv - \int {vdu} \cr & \int {x \cdot {3^x}} d\theta = x\left( {\frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}} \right) - \int {\left( {\frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}} \right)dx} \cr & \int {x \cdot {3^x}} d\theta = \frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}x - \frac{1}{{\ln 3}}\int {{3^x}dx} \cr & {\text{Integrate}} \cr & \int {x \cdot {3^x}} d\theta = \frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}x - \frac{1}{{\ln 3}}\left( {\frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}} \right) + C \cr & \int {x \cdot {3^x}} d\theta = \frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}x - \frac{{{3^x}}}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}} + C \cr & \cr & {\text{Therefore}}{\text{,}} \cr & \int_0^1 {x \cdot {3^x}} dx = \left[ {\frac{{{3^x}}}{{\ln 3}}x - \frac{{{3^x}}}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}}} \right]_0^1 \cr & = \left[ {\frac{{{3^1}}}{{\ln 3}} - \frac{{{3^1}}}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}}} \right] - \left[ {\frac{{{3^0}}}{{\ln 3}}\left( 0 \right) - \frac{{{3^0}}}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Simplify}} \cr & = \frac{3}{{\ln 3}} - \frac{3}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}} + \frac{1}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}} \cr & = \frac{3}{{\ln 3}} - \frac{2}{{{{\left( {\ln 3} \right)}^2}}} \cr} $$
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