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Ch. 8 - Integration Techniques
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.6.77

7–84. Evaluate the following integrals.
77. ∫ arccosx dx

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Identify the integral to solve: \(\int \arccos x \, dx\).
Use integration by parts, which states: \(\int u \, dv = uv - \int v \, du\). Choose \(u = \arccos x\) and $dv = dx$.
Compute \(du\) by differentiating \(u\): since \(u = \arccos x\), then \(du = -\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \, dx\). Also, integrate \(dv\) to get \(v = x\).
Apply the integration by parts formula: \(\int \arccos x \, dx = x \arccos x - \int x \left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}\right) dx = x \arccos x + \int \frac{x}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \, dx\).
Evaluate the remaining integral \(\int \frac{x}{\sqrt{1 - x^2}} \, dx\) by using a substitution such as \(w = 1 - x^2\), then express the integral in terms of \(w\) and solve.

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