Sunday, January 3, 2016

Determine the indefinite integral of y=x/square root(x^2+9), using substitution.

We'll substitute the radicand x^2+9 by
t.


x^2+9 = t


We'll
differentiate both sides:


d(x^2+9)/dx =
dt


2xdx = dt => xdx =
dt/2


We'll solve the indefinite integral in
t:


Int x dx/sqrt(x^2+9) = Int dt/2sqrt t = (1/2)*Int
dt/t^1/2


(1/2)*Int dt/t^1/2 = (1/2)*Int
t^(-1/2)*dt


(1/2)*Int t^(-1/2)*dt = (1/2)*t^(-1/2 +
1)/(-1/2 + 1) + C


(1/2)*Int t^(-1/2)*dt = (1/2)*2t^(1/2) +
C


(1/2)*Int t^(-1/2)*dt = t^(1/2) +
C


(1/2)*Int t^(-1/2)*dt = sqrt t +
C


The indefinite integral of the given
function is: Int xdx/sqrt(x^2+9) = sqrt(x^2 + 9) +
C.

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