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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.3.49

Evaluate the integrals in Exercises 33–54.
49. ∫ e^(sec πt) sec πt tan πt dt

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Identify the integral to solve: \(\int e^{\sec(\pi t)} \sec(\pi t) \tan(\pi t) \, dt\).
Recognize that the integrand contains the function \(e^{\sec(\pi t)}\) multiplied by the derivative of \(\sec(\pi t)\), since the derivative of \(\sec(x)\) is \(\sec(x) \tan(x)\).
Use substitution by letting \(u = \sec(\pi t)\). Then, compute \(du\): since \(\frac{d}{dt} \sec(\pi t) = \pi \sec(\pi t) \tan(\pi t)\), it follows that \(du = \pi \sec(\pi t) \tan(\pi t) \, dt\).
Rewrite the integral in terms of \(u\) and \(du\): solve for \(dt\) in terms of \(du\) and substitute back into the integral to express it fully in terms of \(u\).
Integrate the resulting expression with respect to \(u\), then substitute back \(u = \sec(\pi t)\) to express the answer in terms of \(t\).

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