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Ch. 8 - Integration Techniques
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.2.14

9–40. Integration by parts Evaluate the following integrals using integration by parts.
14. ∫ s · e⁻²ˢ ds

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Identify the parts of the integral for integration by parts. Let \(u = s\) and \(dv = e^{-2s} \, ds\).
Compute \(du\) by differentiating \(u\): $du = ds$.
Compute \(v\) by integrating \(dv\): \(v = \int e^{-2s} \, ds\). Recall that \(\int e^{ax} \, dx = \frac{1}{a} e^{ax} + C\), so here \(v = -\frac{1}{2} e^{-2s}\).
Apply the integration by parts formula: \(\int u \, dv = uv - \int v \, du\). Substitute the expressions for \(u\), \(v\), \(du\) to get \(s \cdot \left(-\frac{1}{2} e^{-2s}\right) - \int \left(-\frac{1}{2} e^{-2s}\right) \, ds\).
Simplify the integral and evaluate \(\int e^{-2s} \, ds\) again to complete the solution.

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