Calculus 2 : Indefinite Integrals

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Example Question #21 : Indefinite Integrals

Solve:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The indefinite integral can be split into two separate integrals.

Evaluate each integral.

The answer to the first integral is:  

Be careful since the answer to  is not  as this is the derivative of .  In order to solve this integral,  we will need to use integration by parts.

If we let , we will have  by differentiation, and if we let , we will have  by integration.  The constant can be added in at the end of the problem.

Write the formula for integration by parts.

Substitute the terms into the formula.

Simplify the terms inside the integral and evaluate.

The answer to the second integral is:  

Combine the two answers.  The constants  can be combined to be a single constant term  at the end.

The answer is:  

Example Question #22 : Indefinite Integrals

Evaluate:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This integral will require substitution with both  and  terms.

If we let , then  .

Differentiate  with respect to .

Substitute all terms back into the integral.

The  term is also the same as , which can be multiplied within the terms of the parentheses.  Simplify the integral.

Evaluate this integral.

Resubstitute .

The answer is:  

Example Question #23 : Indefinite Integrals

Evaluate:  

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The denominator is irreducible, which means that we cannot use partial fractions to identify the coefficients of the separable fractions.  The only method we can use is to complete the square and use the identity of inverse trigonometry.

Complete the square for the denominator.  This is done by taking the square of half of the middle term, and then subtracting this digit on the end.

Factorize the parabolic function in the parentheses and simplify.

Rewrite the integral and pull out the six in front of the integral.

Write the integral property of inverse tangent.

By this rule, substitute the terms and simplify to get the  and  terms.

Substitute the  and  terms into the inverse tangent rule.

Rationalize the denominator of the coefficient.

Substituting this back in the original integral, this means that:  

Do not forget to multiply the six that is outside the integral.

The answer is:  

Example Question #24 : Indefinite Integrals

Find the integral of

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Simplify:

Integrate:

  

Example Question #21 : Indefinite Integrals

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use Integration by parts:

=

Example Question #26 : Indefinite Integrals

Find the indefinite integral

Possible Answers:

DNE

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the indefinite integral, we use the inverse power rule which states

For the problem in this question,

As such,

Example Question #27 : Indefinite Integrals

Find the indefinite integral

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Because integration is a linear operation, we are able to anti-differentiate the function term by term.

We use the properties that

  • The anti-derivative of    is  
  • The anti-derivative of    is     

to solve the indefinite integral

Example Question #28 : Indefinite Integrals

Evaluate the following integral:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To integrate, we must integrate by parts, according to the formula

Now, we choose our u (from which we get du), and dv (from which we get v):

The rules for the derivation and integration are:

(Note that we do not include the constant of integration.)

Use the above formula, and integrate:

The integral was performed using the same rule as stated above. 

 

Example Question #29 : Indefinite Integrals

Evaluate the indefinite integral .

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This integral can be evaluated using partial fraction decomposition as follows.

. Start

. Factor the denominator completely.

Now use the method of partial fraction decomposition

Multiply both sides by , and simplify.

Distribute .

By equating like coefficents, we can rewite the above as a system of equations

Using any method you'd like to solve this system of equations, we obtain .

Substituting this back into our original integral, we obtain

 

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Example Question #30 : Indefinite Integrals

Determine the following integral: 

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To determine this indefinite integal, we integrate by substitution:

We can substitute  for 

We can rewrite the original integral as:

Recall that  , where  is a constant

Therefore:

 

Since

, where  is a constant

 

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