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int(dx)/(1+x^2)^(3/2)=?

2 Answers
Feb 25, 2018

Try the change x=tan u

See below

Explanation:

We know that 1+tan^2 u=sec^2u

By the change proposed we have

dx=sec^2u du. Lets substitute in the integral

intdx/(1+x^2)^(3/2)=intsec^2u/(1+tan^2u)^(3/2)du= intsec^2u/sec^3udu=int1/secudu=intcosudu=sinu+C

Thus, undoing the change:

u=arctanx and finally we have

sin u +C=sin(arctanx)+C

Feb 25, 2018

color(blue)(intdx/(1+x^2)^(3/2)=x/sqrt(1+x^2)+C)

Explanation:

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Let's try to use Trigonometric Substitution for solving this integral. To do so, we will construct a right angle triangle Delta ABC and label the sides in such a way that using Pythagoras' formula we can derive the expressions we are currently seeing in the argument of the integral as follows:

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Angle /_B=theta has opposite side x and adjacent side 1. Using Pythagoras' formula:

(BC)^2=(AB)^2+(AC)^2 results in:

(BC)^2=1^2+x^2=1+x^2

BC=sqrt(1+x^2 as shown.

Now, let's write the three most basic trigonometric functions for theta:

sintheta=x/sqrt(1+x^2)

costheta=1/sqrt(1+x^2)

tantheta=x/1=x

Now we need to use these equations to solve for various pieces of the integral argument in trigonometric terms. Let's use tantheta:

tantheta=x

Let's take derivatives of both sides:

sec^2 theta d theta=dx

From the costheta equation, we can solve for sqrt(1+x^2):

sqrt(1+x^2)=1/costheta=sectheta

If we raise both sides of this equation to the power of 3 we get:

sec^3theta=(sqrt(1+x^2))^3=((1+x^2)^(1/2))^3=(1+x^2)^(3/2)

Now, we can substitute what we have calculated into the problem integral to turn it into a trigonometric integral:

intdx/(1+x^2)^(3/2)=int(sec^2thetad theta)/sec^3theta=intsec^2theta/(secthetasec^2theta)d theta=intcancelcolor(red)(sec^2theta)/(secthetacancelcolor(red)(sec^2theta))d theta=int1/secthetad theta=int1/(1/costheta)d theta=intcosthetad theta=sintheta+C

Now, we can substitute back for sintheta and turn our answer back into an algebraic expression in terms of x:

color(blue)(intdx/(1+x^2)^(3/2)=x/sqrt(1+x^2)+C)