Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - Integration of Rational Functions by Partial Fractions. - 7.4 Exercises - Page 501: 39

Answer

$=2\tan^{-1}\sqrt{x-1}+C$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \int\frac{dx}{x\sqrt{x-1}}=\quad \left[\begin{array}{cc} {t=\sqrt{x-1}},& {x=t^{2}+1}\\ {t^{2}=x-1},\quad & {dx=2tdt}\end{array}\right]$ $=\displaystyle \int\frac{2t}{t\left(t^{2}+1\right)}dt$ $=2\displaystyle \int\frac{1}{t^{2}+1}dt$ $=2\tan^{-1}t+C$ $=2\tan^{-1}\sqrt{x-1}+C$
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