Worked solution
Carry out each specified substitution
Find (a) , using ; (b) , using ; (c) , using , ; (d) , using , .
CJC · Lecture · Example 16
(a) Change variable and differential
gives , and . Therefore the integral becomes .
(a) Integrate and return to x
The result is . These are the source four steps: differentiate the substitution, replace every x and dx, integrate in u, then return to x.
(b) Transform using implicit differentiation
For , gives , and . Hence .
(b) Divide and integrate
The source asks how to handle the improper rational function; the Teacher supplies long division. Since , the result is .
(c) Simplify on the stated angle interval
gives . Since on the stated interval, . The integral is .
(c) Recover the trigonometric ratio
The Teacher triangle for has opposite side x, adjacent side 2 and hypotenuse . Thus and the result is . Signed principal-angle identities give the same formula for every real x. The source recommends a quick right-triangle sketch instead of leaving unevaluated.
(d) Use the nonnegative cosine branch
and on the stated interval. On , , the transformed integral is .
(d) Return to x and retain the pole
The source triangle for has hypotenuse 3, opposite side x and adjacent side . Therefore the antiderivative is , initially on each interval and . Signed ratios extend the working to negative x. The printed closed angle range includes endpoints; endpoint values can be taken by one-sided limits, while the substitution calculation uses open intervals and x=0 remains excluded.
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A positive-quadrant triangle illustrates ratios for x>0. Negative x needs signed identities, and square-root signs depend on the specified angle interval.