Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.6 - Inverse Trigonometric Functions - Exercises 7.6 - Page 421: 80

Answer

$${\sec ^{ - 1}}\left| {x - 2} \right| + C $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 2} \right)\sqrt {{x^2} - 4x + 3} }}} \cr & {\text{complete the square for }}{x^2} - 4x + 3 \cr & = \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 2} \right)\sqrt {{x^2} - 4x + 4 - 1} }}} \cr & = \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 2} \right)\sqrt {{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2} - 1} }}} \cr & {\text{use the substitution method}}{\text{.}} \cr & u = x - 2,{\text{ so that }}du = dx \cr & {\text{then}} \cr & \int {\frac{{dx}}{{\left( {x - 2} \right)\sqrt {{{\left( {x - 2} \right)}^2} - 1} }}} = \int {\frac{{du}}{{u\sqrt {{u^2} - 1} }}} \cr & {\text{integrate by using the formula }}\int {\frac{{du}}{{u\sqrt {{u^2} - {a^2}} }} = \frac{1}{a}se{c^{ - 1}}\left| {\frac{u}{a}} \right| + C\,\,\,\left( {{\text{see page 419}}} \right)} \cr & {\text{with }}a = 1 \cr & = \frac{1}{1}se{c^{ - 1}}\left| {\frac{u}{1}} \right| + C \cr & {\text{write in terms of }}x;{\text{ replace }}x + 3{\text{ for }}u \cr & = {\sec ^{ - 1}}\left| {x - 2} \right| + C \cr} $$
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