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Ch. 8 - Techniques of Integration
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Capitolo 8, Problema 8.6.2

Use the table of integrals at the back of the text to evaluate the integrals in Exercises 1–26.
∫ dx / (x √(x + 4))

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Identify the integral to solve: \(\int \frac{dx}{x \sqrt{x + 4}}\).
Consider a substitution to simplify the square root expression. Let \(t = \sqrt{x + 4}\), which implies \(t^2 = x + 4\).
Differentiate both sides with respect to \(x\) to find \(dx\) in terms of \(dt\): \(2t \frac{dt}{dx} = 1\), so \(dx = 2t \, dt\).
Rewrite the integral in terms of \(t\): replace \(x\) with \(t^2 - 4\) and \(dx\) with \(2t \, dt\), then simplify the integrand accordingly.
Use the table of integrals to find the integral of the resulting expression in \(t\), then substitute back \(t = \sqrt{x + 4}\) to express the answer in terms of \(x\).

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