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: 37

Answer

$${\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{{x - 2}}{2}} \right) + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {4x - {x^2}} }}} dx \cr & {\text{Completing the square}} \cr & 4x - {x^2} = - \left( {{x^2} - 4x} \right) \cr & 4x - {x^2} = - \left( {{x^2} - 4x + 4 - 4} \right) \cr & 4x - {x^2} = - \left[ {{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2} - 4} \right] = 4 - {\left( {x - 2} \right)^2},{\text{ then}} \cr & \int {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {4x - {x^2}} }}} dx = \int {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {4 - {{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}} }}} dx \cr & {\text{Let }}u = x - 2,{\text{ }}du = dx \cr & \int {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {4 - {{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2}} }}} dx = \int {\frac{{du}}{{\sqrt {4 - {u^2}} }}} \cr & {\text{Apply the formula }}\int {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {{a^2} - {x^2}} }}dx = {{\sin }^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{x}{a}} \right) + C,{\text{ then}}} \cr & \int {\frac{{du}}{{\sqrt {4 - {u^2}} }}} = {\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{u}{2}} \right) + C \cr & {\text{Substitute back }}u = x - 2 \cr & = {\sin ^{ - 1}}\left( {\frac{{x - 2}}{2}} \right) + C \cr} $$
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