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: 27

Answer

$\ln |1-e^{-s}|+c$

Work Step by Step

Consider the integral $\int \dfrac{ds}{e^s-1}$ Let us take the help of the substitution method. $e^s-1=a \implies da=e^s ds; ds=\dfrac{da}{x+1}$ The given integral can be re-written as: $\int \dfrac{ds}{e^s-1}=\int \dfrac{da}{a(a+1)}$ This implies that $\int \dfrac{[(a+1)-a]da}{a(a+1)}=\int [\dfrac{1}{a}- \dfrac{1}{a+1} ]da=\ln | \dfrac{a}{1+a}|+C$ We use the formula: $\int x^n dx=\int\dfrac{x^{n+1}}{n+1} dx$ or, $\ln |\dfrac{e^s-1}{e^s-1+1}|+c=\ln |1-e^{-s}|+c$
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