Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.5 - Strategy for Integration - 7.5 Exercises - Page 508: 49

Answer

$$\ln \left| {\frac{{\sqrt {4x + 1} - 1}}{{\sqrt {4x + 1} + 1}}} \right| + C$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{1}{{x\sqrt {4x + 1} }}} dx \cr & {\text{Let }}{u^2} = 4x + 1,{\text{ }}x = \frac{{{u^2} - 1}}{4},{\text{ }}2udu = 4dx,{\text{ }}dx = \frac{1}{2}udu \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & = \int {\frac{4}{{\left( {{u^2} - 1} \right)\sqrt {{u^2}} }}\left( {\frac{1}{2}u} \right)} du \cr & = \int {\frac{2}{{\left( {{u^2} - 1} \right)u}}\left( u \right)} du \cr & = 2\int {\frac{1}{{{u^2} - 1}}} du \cr & {\text{Integrate using the formula }}\int {\frac{{dx}}{{{x^2} - {a^2}}} = \frac{1}{{2a}}\ln \left| {\frac{{x - a}}{{x + a}}} \right| + C} \cr & \left( {{\text{Page 503}}} \right): \cr & 2\int {\frac{1}{{{u^2} - 1}}} du = 2\left( {\frac{1}{{2\left( 1 \right)}}\ln \left| {\frac{{u - 1}}{{u + 1}}} \right|} \right) + C \cr & = \ln \left| {\frac{{u - 1}}{{u + 1}}} \right| + C \cr & {\text{Write in terms of }}x,{\text{ }}{u^2} = 4x + 1 \to u = \sqrt {4x + 1} \cr & = \ln \left| {\frac{{\sqrt {4x + 1} - 1}}{{\sqrt {4x + 1} + 1}}} \right| + C \cr} $$
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