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: 43

Answer

$18-9\sqrt 2$

Work Step by Step

$\int_{0}^{3}\frac{x^{3}}{\sqrt (x^{2}+9)}dx$ $let$ $x=3tanθ$ $dx=3sec^{2}θdθ$ $0=3tanθ$ $θ=0$ $3=3tanθ$ $1=tanθ$ $θ=\frac{\pi}{4}$ $\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\frac{27tan^{3}θ}{\sqrt (9tan^{2}θ+9)}(3sec^{2}θ)dθ$ $\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\frac{81tan^{3}θsec^{2}θ}{3\sqrt (tan^{2}θ+1)}dθ$ Through the Pythagorean identity $tan^{2}θ+1=sec^{2}θ$: $27\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\frac{tan^{3}θsec^{2}θ}{\sqrt sec^{2}θ)}dθ$ $27\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\frac{tan^{3}θsec^{2}θ}{secθ}dθ$ $27\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}tan^{3}θsecθdθ$ $27\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}tan^{2}θtanθsecθdθ$ Through the Pythagorean identity $tan^{2}θ+1=sec^{2}θ$, $tan^{2}θ=sec^{2}θ-1$: $27\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{4}}(sec^{2}θ-1)tanθsecθdθ$ $let$ $u=secθ$ $du=secθtanθdθ$ $u(0)=1$ $u(\frac{\pi}{4})=\sqrt 2$ $27\int_{1}^{\sqrt 2}(u^{2}-1)du$ $27[\frac{1}{3}u^{3}-u]_{1}^{\sqrt 2}$ $27[\frac{1}{3}(\sqrt 2)^{3}-\sqrt 2-(\frac{1}{3}(1)^{3}-1)]$ $27[\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}-\sqrt 2-\frac{1}{3}+1]$ $27[\frac{2\sqrt 2}{3}-\sqrt 2+\frac{2}{3}]$ $27[\frac{2\sqrt 2-3\sqrt 2+2}{3}]$ $27[\frac{-\sqrt 2+2}{3}]$ $18-9\sqrt 2$
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