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Ch. 8 - Techniques of Integration
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.PE.28

Evaluate the integrals in Exercises 9–28. It may be necessary to use a substitution first.
∫ [1 / √(e^s + 1)] ds

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Identify the integral to solve: \(\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{e^{s} + 1}} \, ds\).
Consider a substitution to simplify the expression inside the square root. Let \(u = e^{s} + 1\).
Compute the differential \(du\): since \(u = e^{s} + 1\), then \(du = e^{s} \, ds\).
Rewrite \(ds\) in terms of \(du\) and \(s\): from \(du = e^{s} \, ds\), we get \(ds = \frac{du}{e^{s}}\). Also, note that \(e^{s} = u - 1\) from the substitution.
Substitute back into the integral to express it entirely in terms of \(u\): the integral becomes \(\int \frac{1}{\sqrt{u}} \cdot \frac{1}{u - 1} \, du\). Then proceed to simplify and integrate.

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