Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 8: Techniques of Integration - Section 8.4 - Trigonometric Substitutions - Exercises 8.4 - Page 467: 26

Answer

$$ - \frac{{{x^3}}}{{3{{\left( {{x^2} - 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}} + C $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \int {\frac{{{x^2}dx}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} - 1} \right)}^{5/2}}}}} \cr & {\text{Use trigonometric substitution:}} \cr & {\text{ }}x = \sec \theta,{\text{ }}dx = \sec \theta \tan \theta d\theta \cr & {\text{With these substitutions}}{\text{, we have}} \cr & \int {\frac{{{x^2}dx}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} - 1} \right)}^{5/2}}}}} = \int {\frac{{{{\sec }^2}\theta \left( {\sec \theta \tan \theta d\theta } \right)}}{{{{\left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta - 1} \right)}^{5/2}}}}} \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\sec }^3}\theta \tan \theta }}{{{{\left( {{{\sec }^2}\theta - 1} \right)}^{5/2}}}}} d\theta \cr & {\text{Use the fundamental identity }}{\sec ^2}\theta - 1 = {\tan ^2}\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\sec }^3}\theta \tan \theta }}{{{{\left( {{{\tan }^2}\theta } \right)}^{5/2}}}}} d\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\sec }^3}\theta \tan \theta }}{{{{\tan }^5}\theta }}} d\theta \cr & {\text{simplifying, we get:}} \cr & = \int {\frac{{{{\sec }^3}\theta }}{{{{\tan }^4}\theta }}} d\theta \cr & = \int {\left( {\frac{1}{{{{\cos }^3}\theta }}} \right)\left( {\frac{{{{\cos }^4}\theta }}{{{{\sin }^4}\theta }}} \right)} d\theta \cr & = \int {\frac{{\cos \theta }}{{{{\sin }^4}\theta }}} d\theta \cr & = \int {{{\left( {\sin \theta } \right)}^{ - 4}}\cos \theta } d\theta \cr & {\text{integrate}} \cr & = \frac{{{{\left( {\sin \theta } \right)}^{ - 3}}}}{{ - 3}} + C \cr & = - \frac{1}{{3{{\sin }^3}\theta }} + C \cr & {\text{write in terms of }}x,{\text{ }}\sin \theta = \frac{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}{x} \cr & = - \frac{1}{3}{\left( {\frac{x}{{\sqrt {{x^2} - 1} }}} \right)^3} + C \cr & = - \frac{{{x^3}}}{{3{{\left( {{x^2} - 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}} + C \cr} $$
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