Question #e678e

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Dec 5, 2017

10x1x4dx=π8

Explanation:

10x1x4dx

=12101(x2)22xdx

After using sinu=x2 and cosudu=2xdx substitution, this integral became

12π201(sinu)2cosudu

=12π20(cosu)2cosudu

=12π20(cosu)2du

=14π20(1+cos2u)du

=[u4+18sin2u]π20

=π8

Dec 5, 2017

π8

Explanation:

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10x1x4dx

u=x2
x=u
u2=x4
du=2xdx
dx=du2x=du2u
1x4=1u2

Now, we substitute the above into the problem integral to turn it into an integral in terms of u:

(u)(1u2)(du2u)=

121u2du

Now we can use trigonometric substitution to solve this:

u=sinθ
du=cosθd(θ)

121sin2θcosθd(θ)

12cos2θcosθd(θ)

12cosθcosθd(θ)=12cos2θd(θ)

cos2θ=1+cos(2θ)2

14(1+cos(2θ))d(θ)=14d(θ)+14cos(2θ)d(θ)

14θ+18sin(2θ)

Now, we can substitute back for u:

u=sinθ, then θ=arcsinu
cosθ=1six2θ=1u2
sin(2θ)=2sinθcosθ=2u1u2

14θ+18sin(2θ)=arcsinu+u1u24

Now, we can substitute back for x:

10x1x4dx=arcsinx2+x21x44

We will evaluate this from 0 to 1:

arcsin12+121144arcsin02+021044=

π2+040+04=π8