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Example Question #521 : Finding Integrals
Example Question #241 : Indefinite Integrals
Example Question #522 : Finding Integrals
Example Question #242 : Indefinite Integrals
Example Question #243 : Indefinite Integrals
Use a partial fraction decomposition to evaluate the indefinite integral,
First factor the denominator and then write the results as a sum of two fractions as follows,
(1)
Here we have applied the reverse of the cross multiplication process. Now we carefully deduce the numerators and . Cross multiply as follows:
(2)
Looking at Equation (1) and Equation (2) it's clear that we must find values of and such that:
(3)
Note that Equation (3) is an identity, meaning it must be true for all values of Therefore, we can freely choose a value of to eliminate either or . Choosing eliminates .
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Alternatively, and could have been deduced by expanding the left side of Equation (3) and collecting like terms as follows,
(4)
Upon inspection of Equation (4) we see that the two following conditions for and are required,
Solve for and , this can be done quickly by adding the two equations above,
Using this value, gives .
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Summarizing our partial fraction decomposition:
Now we can use the partial fraction decomposition to compute the integral.
We can apply the sum rule on the right side and recognize that each term is the derivative of a natural logarithm,
We could use the properties of logarithms to write the result as a single logarithm, but we will leave it in the form of a sum here, remembering the constant of integration .
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Now we can check to make sure the result is correct by differentiating the result:
Example Question #246 : Indefinite Integrals
Integrate using integration by parts. To start you will need to rewrite by exploiting the inverse relationship between and and the properties of logarithms.
First we can start by calling the integral for convenience in a later step.
(1)
Let's rewrite the exponential function using the inverse relationship between and ,
So now Equation (1) can be written as:
(2)
To evaluate this integral we will use integration by parts. We start by carefully defining two new variables that will break our integral down into more manageable terms.
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Setup I.B.P
(3)
and are both functions of .
Determining how to define the new variables and can be a process of trial and error. Once you define and , you can find the other parts, and .
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Now we can look off Equation (3) to assemble the integral, then simplify:
(4)
Notice that the second term on the right-side of Equation (4) has yet another instance where we are multiplying an exponential function by a trigonometric function, a situation very similar to the original integral Equation (2).
Now let's perform integration by parts on the second term in Equation (4), ignoring the in front of the integral for a moment.
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Setup I.B.P Again for
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Fill everything in and simplify:
Note that the original integral has appeared in the equation.
(6)
Now let's substitute Equation (6) this into Equation (4).
(7)
Now solve Equation (7) for .
Now we can write it using ,
Finally,
Example Question #244 : Indefinite Integrals
Solve this indefinite integral.
To solve this equation we must integrate by parts by using the equation
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The first step in integrating by parts is to define u and dv.
In this problem and .
We then need to find du and v.
Taking the derivative of u we get and taking the integral of dv we get .
Thus we can plug in the values and get
Example Question #871 : Integrals
Integrate the following function:
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For integration, we do the opposite of a derivative. Using the power rule, we increase the exponent by one and divide by the new exponent.
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Simplifying, we get:
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Remember, because this is an indefinite integral, we have to add the constant at the end ().
Example Question #872 : Integrals
Calculate the value of the following integral:
Example Question #873 : Integrals
Evaluate:
For this problem we have to use substitution to solve the integral. set u=, then du=. then we see that .
Therefore:
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