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: 6

Answer

$\frac{\sqrt {16-x^{2}}}{4x}+C$

Work Step by Step

$\int \frac{4}{x^{2}\sqrt {16-x^{2}}}dx$ Use $x=4\sin\theta$ $dx=4\cos\theta d\theta$ Use $\sin\theta =\frac{x}{4}$ for triangle. $=\int \frac{16\cos\theta}{16\sin^{2}\theta\sqrt{16-16\sin^{2}\theta}}d\theta$ $=\int\frac{\cos\theta}{\sin^{2}\theta(4cos\theta)}d\theta$ $=\frac{1}{4}\int \csc^{2}\theta d\theta$ $=\frac{1}{4}\cot\theta+C$ Using the triangle, $\cot\theta =\frac{\sqrt {16-x^{2}}}{x}$ $=\frac{\sqrt {16-x^{2}}}{4x}+C$
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