Chapter 5: Q. 19 (page 464)
Find three integrals in Exercises 39–74 that can be solved without using trigonometric substitution.
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Chapter 5: Q. 19 (page 464)
Find three integrals in Exercises 39–74 that can be solved without using trigonometric substitution.
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Solve given integrals by using polynomial long division to rewrite the integrand. This is one way that you can sometimes avoid using trigonometric substitution; moreover, sometimes it works when trigonometric substitution does not apply.
Solve each of the integrals in Exercises 39–74. Some integrals require trigonometric substitution, and some do not. Write your answers as algebraic functions whenever possible.
Why doesn’t the definite integral make sense? (Hint: Think about domains.)
List some things which would suggest that a certain substitution u(x) could be a useful choice. What do you look for when choosing u(x)?
Complete the square for each quadratic in Exercises 28–33. Then describe the trigonometric substitution that would be appropriate if you were solving an integral that involved that quadratic.
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