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posted by  Gootch on 11/23/2008 1:14:21 AM  |  status: Live  

Integration with trig substitutions Chp. 8.3

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Calculus Calculus (6th) by Stewart 8.3 N/A
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I need this problem worked out step by step.
Please do not skip any steps

                                               
I substituted x = tan(t)
dx = sec^2(t) dt

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what do I do from here?

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posted by illusion on 11/23/2008 1:38:18 AM  |  status: Live
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"thanks for teaching me something new. nice technique. not what i expected, but it works. clever. i appreciate the formula at the end. "
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Its very long to solve because sec will always have an odd power so integration by parts will be used many times.
 
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I suggest using an integral table.
 
 
If your not allowed to use integral tables then follow what I did on your other post.
 
 
 
Please rate me for the time it takes to help you!!! ty.
 
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As of today in 2008, nobody in the world has found the sum of all they know is that it converges because of the p-serie theorem but they cannot find the sum.

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My pic is the instrument called Tritare.
 

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