Calculus 10th Edition

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

Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.4 Exercises - Page 539: 13

Answer

$$\frac{1}{3}{\left( {1 + {x^2}} \right)^{3/2}} + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int x \sqrt {1 + {x^2}} dx \cr & {\text{Using the substitution }}x = \tan \theta \cr & x = \tan \theta ,{\text{ }}dx = {\sec ^2}\theta d\theta \cr & {\text{Substitute}} \cr & \int x \sqrt {1 + {x^2}} dx = \int {\tan \theta } \sqrt {1 + {{\tan }^2}\theta } \left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta d\theta } \right) \cr & {\text{Use the pythagorean identity }}{\tan ^2}\theta + 1 = {\sec ^2}\theta \cr & = \int {\tan \theta } \sqrt {{{\sec }^2}\theta } \left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta d\theta } \right) \cr & = \int {\tan \theta } {\sec ^3}\theta d\theta \cr & = \int {{{\sec }^2}\theta } \sec \theta \tan \theta d\theta \cr & {\text{Integrating}} \cr & = \frac{{{{\sec }^3}\theta }}{3} + C \cr & {\text{Where }}\tan \theta = x,{\text{ }}\sec \theta = \sqrt {1 + {x^2}} \cr & = \frac{1}{3}{\left( {\sqrt {1 + {x^2}} } \right)^3} + C \cr & = \frac{1}{3}{\left( {1 + {x^2}} \right)^{3/2}} + C \cr} $$
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