University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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

Chapter 8 - Practice Exercises - Page 474: 30

Answer

$\sqrt {4+x^2}+c$

Work Step by Step

Consider the integral $\int \dfrac{x dx}{\sqrt {4+x^2}}$ The given integral can be re-written as: $\int (4+x^2)^{(-1/2)}x dx=(\dfrac{1}{2})\int (4+x^2)^{(-1/2)}(2x) dx$ This implies that $(\dfrac{-1}{2})(\dfrac{(4+x^2)^{1/2}}{1/2})+c=\sqrt {4+x^2}+c$
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