Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 5 - Logarithmic, Exponential, and Other Transcendental Functions - Review Exercises - Page 394: 81

Answer

$$\frac{1}{4}{\arctan ^2}\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{\arctan \left( {x/2} \right)}}{{4 + {x^2}}}} dx \cr & = \int {\arctan \left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{4 + {x^2}}}} \right)} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate by substitution}} \cr & u = \arctan \left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right),{\text{ }}du = \frac{1}{{1 + {{\left( {x/2} \right)}^2}}}\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)dx \cr & du = \frac{4}{{4 + {x^2}}}\left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)dx,{\text{ }}du = \frac{2}{{4 + {x^2}}}dx \cr & dx = \frac{{4 + {x^2}}}{2}du \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & \int {\arctan \left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{4 + {x^2}}}} \right)} dx = \int u \left( {\frac{1}{{4 + {x^2}}}} \right)\frac{{4 + {x^2}}}{2}du \cr & = \frac{1}{2}\int u du \cr & = \frac{1}{4}{u^2} + C \cr & {\text{Write in terms of }}x \cr & = \frac{1}{4}{\left( {\arctan \left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right)} \right)^2} + C \cr & = \frac{1}{4}{\arctan ^2}\left( {\frac{x}{2}} \right) + C \cr} $$
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