Chapter 7: Problem 44
Use integration by parts to derive the following reduction formulas. $$\int x^{n} e^{a x} d x=\frac{x^{n} e^{a x}}{a}-\frac{n}{a} \int x^{n-1} e^{a x} d x, \quad \text { for } a \neq 0$$
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Chapter 7: Problem 44
Use integration by parts to derive the following reduction formulas. $$\int x^{n} e^{a x} d x=\frac{x^{n} e^{a x}}{a}-\frac{n}{a} \int x^{n-1} e^{a x} d x, \quad \text { for } a \neq 0$$
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