Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 7 - Exponential Functions - 7.9 Hyperbolic Functions - Exercises - Page 384: 55

Answer

$$\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}dx= \sinh^{-1}(x/3)+c.$$

Work Step by Step

Since $\frac{d}{dx} \sinh^{-1}x=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+1}}$, then we have $$\int\frac{1}{\sqrt{9+x^2}}dx=\int\frac{1}{3\sqrt{1+(x/3)^2}}dx=\sinh^{-1}(x/3)+c.$$
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