Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 4 - Integration - Chapter 4 Review Exercises - Page 343: 7

Answer

(a) $\int \tan x \sec ^{2} x d x=\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{2}+C^{\prime}$ (b) One solution can be expressed as the other. Thus, both solutions are correct.

Work Step by Step

(a) The given: \[ \int \tan x \sec ^{2} x d x \] Let us consider \[ \sec x=u \] $\Longrightarrow d u=\tan x \sec x d x \quad$ Putting this value in the given integral, we have \[ \begin{aligned} \int \tan x \sec ^{2} x d x &=\int \sec x[\tan x \sec x d x] \\ &=\int u d u \\ &=\frac{u^{2}}{2}+C \\ &=\frac{\sec ^{2} x}{2}+C \end{aligned} \] Again let us consider \[ u=\tan x \] Putting this value in the given integral, we get $\Longrightarrow d u=\sec ^{2} x d x \quad,$ \[ \begin{aligned} \int \sec ^{2} x \tan x d x &=\int u d u \\ &=\frac{u^{2}}{2}+C^{\prime} \\ &=\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{2}+C^{\prime} \end{aligned} \] Thus we can say that different substitutes produce different solutions for a given integral (b) We can see \[ \begin{aligned} \int \sec ^{2} x \tan x d x &=\frac{\sec ^{2} x}{2}+C \\ &=\frac{1}{2}\left(1+\tan ^{2} x\right)+C \\ &=\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{2}+\left(\frac{1}{2}+C\right) \\ &=\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{2}+C^{\prime \prime} \quad \text { let } C+\frac{1}{2}=C^{\prime \prime} \end{aligned} \] One solution can be expressed as the other. Thus, both solutions are correct.
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