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Example Question #1 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable u to substitute for a variable of x.
For this problem, we will let u replace the expression .
Next, we must take the derivative of u. Its derivative is .
Next, solve this equation for dx so that we may replace it in the integral.
Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify.
The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral, leaving behind a . We can pull the out front of the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace u with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer.
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Example Question #2 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of u. Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral, leaving behind a . We can pull the out front of the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #3 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of . Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral, leaving behind a . Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #4 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of . Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral, leaving behind a . We can pull the out front of the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #5 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of . Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral, leaving behind a . We can pull the out front of the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #6 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of . Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #7 : Use Substitution And Integration
Solve the following integral using substitution:
To solve the integral, we have to simplify it by using a variable to substitute for a variable of . For this problem, we will let u replace the expression . Next, we must take the derivative of . Its derivative is . Next, solve this equation for so that we may replace it in the integral. Plug in place of and in place of into the original integral and simplify. The in the denominator cancels out the remaining in the integral. Next, take the anti-derivative of the integrand and replace with the original expression, adding the constant to the answer. The specific steps are as follows:
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Example Question #1 : Use Substitution And Integration
Use a change of variable (aka a u-substitution) to evaluate the integral,
Integrals such as this are seen very commonly in introductory calculus courses. It is often useful to look for patterns such as the fact that the polynomial under the radical in our example, , happens to be one order higher than the factor outside the radical, You know that if you take a derivative of a second order polynomial you will get a first order polynomial, so let's define the variable:
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Now differentiate with respect to to write the differential for ,
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Looking at equation (2), we can solve for , to obtain . Now if we look at the original integral we can rewrite in terms of
Now proceed with the integration with respect to .
Now write the result in terms of using equation (1), we conclude,
Example Question #2 : Use Substitution And Integration
Use u-substitution to fine
Let
Then
Now we can substitute
Now we substitute back
Example Question #3 : Use Substitution And Integration
Evaluate
We can use substitution for this integral.
Let ,
then .
Multiplying this last equation by , we get .
Now we can make our substitutions
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. Swap out with , and with . Make sure you also plug the bounds on the integral into for to get the new bounds.
. Factor out the .
. Integrate (absolute value signs are not needed since .)
. Evaluate