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Ch. 4 - Applications of Derivatives
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Capitolo 4, Problema 4.7.13a

Finding Antiderivatives
In Exercises 1–16, find an antiderivative for each function. Do as many as you can mentally. Check your answers by differentiation.
sec²x

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Recall that an antiderivative of a function is another function whose derivative is the original function. In other words, if \(F'(x) = f(x)\), then \(F(x)\) is an antiderivative of \(f(x)\).
Identify the given function: \(f(x) = \sec^{2}x\).
Recall the derivative of the tangent function: \(\frac{d}{dx}(\tan x) = \sec^{2}x\).
Since the derivative of \(\tan x\) is \(\sec^{2}x\), an antiderivative of \(\sec^{2}x\) is \(\tan x\) plus a constant of integration, \(C\).
Write the general antiderivative as \(\int \sec^{2}x \, dx = \tan x + C\), where \(C\) is an arbitrary constant.

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