University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 8 - Practice Exercises - Page 474: 16

Answer

$2\tan^{-1} (\dfrac{x}{2})+c$

Work Step by Step

Integration by parts formula suggests that $\int p'(x) q(x)=p(x) q(x)-\int p(x) q'(x)dx$ Solve $\int \dfrac{4x}{x^3+4x}dx$ Re-arrange as: $\int \dfrac{4x}{x^3+4x}dx=\int \dfrac{dx}{(\dfrac{x}{2})^2+1}$ Plug in $\dfrac{x}{2}=a \implies dx=(2) da$ This implies that $\int \dfrac{dx}{(\dfrac{x}{2})^2+1}=\int \dfrac{2da}{a^2+1}=2 \tan^{-1} a+c=2\tan^{-1} (\dfrac{x}{2})+c$
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