Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 507: 11

Answer

$$\int \frac{1}{x^{3}\sqrt{x^{2}-1}} dx=\frac{sec^{-1}x}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{x^{2}-1}}{2x^{2}}+C$$

Work Step by Step

$$Let \,x=sec\,t,\,so\,dx= tan\,t\,sec\,t\,dt$$ $$sin\,t=\frac{\sqrt{x^{2}-1}}{x},\,cos\,t=\frac{1}{x}$$ $$\int \frac{1}{x^{3}\sqrt{x^{2}-1}} dx =\int \frac{tan\,t\,sec\,t}{sec^{3}t\,tant\,t} dt$$ $$ = \int cos^{2}t\, dt=\int \frac{1+cos\,2t}{2}dt$$ $$=\frac{t}{2}+\frac{sin2t}{4}+C$$ $$=\frac{t}{2}+\frac{sint\,cost}{2}+C$$ $$=\frac{sec^{-1}x}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{x^{2}-1}}{2x^{2}}+C$$
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