Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - 5.7 Exercises - Page 382: 77

Answer

$$\frac{1}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {{u^2} - {a^2}} }}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{du}}{{u\sqrt {{u^2} - {a^2}} }}} = \frac{1}{a}\operatorname{arcsec} \frac{{\left| u \right|}}{a} + C \cr & {\text{Differentiating}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{1}{a}\operatorname{arcsec} \frac{{\left| u \right|}}{a} + C} \right] = \frac{1}{a}\left( {\frac{1}{a}\operatorname{arcsec} \frac{{\left| u \right|}}{a}} \right) + \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ C \right] \cr & = \frac{1}{a}\left( {\frac{{\frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{{\left| u \right|}}{a}} \right]}}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {{{\left( {\frac{{\left| u \right|}}{a}} \right)}^2} - 1} }}} \right) + 0 \cr & = \frac{1}{a}\left( {\frac{{\frac{1}{a}}}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {\frac{{{u^2}}}{{{a^2}}} - 1} }}} \right) \cr & {\text{Simplifying}} \cr & = \frac{1}{a}\left( {\frac{{\frac{1}{a}}}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {\frac{{{u^2} - {a^2}}}{{{a^2}}}} }}} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{a}\left( {\frac{{\frac{1}{{{a^2}}}}}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {{u^2} - {a^2}} }}} \right) \cr & = \frac{1}{{\left| u \right|\sqrt {{u^2} - {a^2}} }} \cr} $$
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