Calculus (3rd Edition)

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

Chapter 8 - Techniques of Integration - 8.1 Integration by Parts - Exercises - Page 396: 60

Answer

$$\int x^n e^x dx = x^n e^x -n\int x^{n-1} e^xdx $$

Work Step by Step

Given $$\int x^n e^x dx$$ Let \begin{align*} u&=x^n \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ dv= e^xdx\\ du&= nx^{n-1}\ \ \ \ \ v=e^x \end{align*} Then \begin{align*} \int x^n e^x dx&= x^n e^x -n\int x^{n-1} e^xdx \end{align*}
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