Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 508: 27

Answer

$$\int \frac{1}{1+e^{x}}dx=x-ln(e^{x}+1)+C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\int \frac{1}{1+e^{x}}dx=\int \frac{e^{-x}}{e^{-x}+1}dx$$ $$=-\int \frac{1}{e^{-x}+1}d(e^{-x}+1)=-ln(e^{-x}+1)+C$$ $$=-ln(\frac{e^{x}+1}{e^{x}})+C=x-ln(e^{x}+1)+C$$
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