Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 8 - Integration Techniques, L'Hopital's Rule, and Improper Integrals - 8.4 Exercises - Page 539: 29

Answer

$$\frac{3}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 3} }} + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{ - 3x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 3} \right)}^{3/2}}}}} dx \cr & {\text{Integrate by substitution }} \cr & {\text{Let }}u = {x^2} + 3,{\text{ }}du = 2xdx,{\text{ }}dx = \frac{{du}}{{2x}} \cr & {\text{Substitute}} \cr & \int {\frac{{ - 3x}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 3} \right)}^{3/2}}}}} dx = \int {\frac{{ - 3x}}{{{u^{3/2}}}}} \left( {\frac{{du}}{{2x}}} \right) \cr & = - \frac{3}{2}\int {\frac{{du}}{{{u^{3/2}}}}} \cr & = - \frac{3}{2}\int {{u^{ - 3/2}}du} \cr & {\text{By the power rule}} \cr & = - \frac{3}{2}\left( {\frac{{{u^{ - 1/2}}}}{{ - 1/2}}} \right) + C \cr & = 3{u^{ - 1/2}} + C \cr & = \frac{3}{{\sqrt u }} + C \cr & {\text{Substitute back }}u = {x^2} + 3 \cr & = \frac{3}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + 3} }} + C \cr} $$
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