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Ch. 8 - Integration Techniques
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.1.76b

76. Different Substitutions
b. Show that ∫(1/√(x - x²)) dx = 2 sin⁻¹√x + C using substitution u = √x

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Step 1: Begin by substituting u = √x. This implies that x = u² and dx = 2u du. Rewrite the integral in terms of u.
Step 2: Substitute x = u² into the expression under the square root: √(x - x²) becomes √(u² - u⁴).
Step 3: Factorize the expression under the square root: u² - u⁴ = u²(1 - u²). Thus, √(u² - u⁴) = u√(1 - u²).
Step 4: Replace dx with 2u du and simplify the integral: ∫(1/√(x - x²)) dx becomes ∫(1/(u√(1 - u²)) * 2u du). Cancel out u in the numerator and denominator.
Step 5: The integral simplifies to ∫(2/√(1 - u²)) du. Recognize this as the standard integral for the arcsine function, ∫(1/√(1 - u²)) du = sin⁻¹(u) + C. Substitute back u = √x to get the final result: 2 sin⁻¹√x + C.

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